NSW: Two men arrested, illegal guns and drugs seized =2

AAP General News (Australia)
04-24-2008
NSW: Two men arrested, illegal guns and drugs seized =2

It is understood the 59-year-old arrested is convicted armed robber and prison escapee
Bernie Matthews.

After a being convicted in 1969 and serving more than 15 years in NSW and Queensland
jails, Matthews became a celebrated author and journalist in the 1990s, the website of
his publisher Pan Macmillan Australia states.

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KEYWORD: MACCABE 2 SYDNEY (REOPENS)

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