Charged a Sydney woman found carrying a pistol and two magazines of ammunition in her handbag.

Charged a Sydney woman found carrying a pistol and two magazines of ammunition in her handbag.The 23-year-old was stopped as she left her home at Sans Souci in Sydney's south yesterday afternoon, police said."Inside the woman's handbag police allegedly located a carry case, containing a Beretta pistol and two magazines," police said in a statement.The woman was charged with firearms offences, was refused bail and was due to face court today.The arrest followed an investigation by officers into alleged proceeds of crime offences, police said. Police yesterday raided two homes in Punchbowl and Greenacre where officers found "a substantial amount of cash buried in containers in a backyard and a quantity of steroids", police said.Two teenage brothers were arrested earlier this week and face firearms and drugs charges as part of the same police investigation.