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DETECTIVES | Tiger, Tiger, Tiger: the cop who stormed Lindt Cafe
Season 3 · Episode 163

DETECTIVES | Tiger, Tiger, Tiger: the cop who stormed Lindt Cafe

Crime Insiders · LiSTNR

February 9, 202551m 33s

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Show Notes

The Lindt Cafe siege is one of Australia’s most infamous crimes.  A terrorist took ten customers and eight employees hostage back in December 2014. 

The Sydney siege resulted in a 16-hour standoff, ending when officers from the NSW Police Tactical Operations Unit – or the TOU - stormed the cafe. 

In this episode of Crime Insiders | Detectives, Brent Sanders sits down with Ben Besant, the police officer who led the police operation storming the cafe. 

A warning: this episode contains descriptions of extreme violence and suicidal ideation.

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