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A senior police officer has questioned how media knew about raids on Craig Thomson's house before warrants had been executed.

Detective Superintendent Brett Guerin of Victoria Police's serious crime operations said he was outraged that information about the joint raids with New South Wales police had been leaked.

NSW police issued a statement earlier today saying it was not their policy "to alert media to such activity and no officer from NSW was authorised to do so".

Detective Superintendent Guerin did not blame anyone for the leak, but said having a media pack outside the NSW Central Coast home of the embattled Labor MP had compromised police safety.


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