After being held for 24 hours, the men say they had been driving to a holiday rental when they were detained by police
Seven men with suspected links to Islamic extremism have been released from police custody after their dramatic arrest on a street.
The Victorian-based group were travelling in convoy through south-west Sydney, potentially to the scene of the shooting massacre at Bondi beach, when tactical police rammed their cars and took them into custody on Thursday.
The men were arrested on suspicion that they were plotting a violent act, with police detaining them under special counter-terrorism powers.
But at about 4pm on Friday, the men, aged between 19 and 24, were released.
