One of the key figures in an anti-Jewish rally held outside NSW parliament earlier this month has been arrested by the Australian Federal Police.
AFP officers swooped on Joel Davis in the trendy beachside suburb of Bondi in Sydney on Thursday afternoon and he remains in custody.
‘The AFP has undertaken an operational activity in Bondi today. There is no ongoing risk to the community,’ the AFP said in a statement.
He is expected to be charged with using a carriage service to harass or menace, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.
It’s understood the alleged victim was a political figure.
Davis was on of about 60 black-clad demonstrators who were allowed to assemble outside NSW parliament on November 8 and yell Hitler youth chants.
Another of those in attendance, South African national Matthew Gruter, has since had his visa revoked.
Gruter, who has a wife and four-week-old child in Australia, is currently in immigration detention until he is deported or obtains his own ticket to leave the country.
Davis is a spokesperson for the National Socialist Network, the group behind the ‘Abolish the Jewish Lobby’ rally outside parliament.
NSN is attempting to form a political party called White Australia, which will call for mass deportations of non-white Australians.
More to follow.
Davis speaking at the rally outside NSW parliament on November 8
