Homeowner arrested during WestConnex eviction

By Lisa Visentin, Miriam Webber
Updated December 10 2016 - 11:28am, first published December 9 2016 - 7:25pm
Van Ngo and police officers on Campbell Street in St Peters.  Photo: WestConnex Action Group
Van Ngo and police officers on Campbell Street in St Peters. Photo: WestConnex Action Group
Mr Ngo was arrested and escorted into a police vehicle in St Peters.  Photo: WestConnex Action Group
Mr Ngo was arrested and escorted into a police vehicle in St Peters. Photo: WestConnex Action Group

A Sydney man's desperate bid to save his home from compulsory acquisition for the WestConnex motorway ended in his arrest on Friday, as a squad of police officers were called in to forcibly remove him after he allegedly made prior threats to government staff.