Daily Archives: 14/10/2015

Police appeal for information after break in – Tamworth

Police are appealing for information after a number of firearms were stolen from a property in West Tamworth.

Between 4.30pm on Monday 12 October 2015 and 12.30pm on Tuesday 13 October 2015, a number of shipping containers on a property on Warral Road, were broken into.

A firearm and some ammunition were stolen from inside the containers.

The matter was reported to police and the location was forensically examined.

Police continue to investigate and are appealing for information.

Man charged after making threats – Joint Counter Terrorism Team

A man has been charged after allegedly threatening a man and a woman at the weekend.

Investigators will allege a 24-year-old man attended a home in Goulburn on Saturday (10 October 2015), and threatened a 22-year-old man and his 20-year-old girlfriend.

It will also be alleged he had earlier sent threatening text messages to the other man.

About 4.40pm yesterday (Tuesday 13 October 2015), the 24-year-old man was arrested by police from Redfern Local Area Command.

He was taken to Redfern Police Station and spoken to by officers from the Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT) about threatening posts on social media.

These posts have since been removed.

He was later charged with use carriage service to threaten to kill, intimidation to cause fear of physical or mental harm, and use carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence.

He has been refused bail and is due to appear at Central Local Court today (Wednesday 14 October 2015).

Inquiries are continuing.

Man charged over Armidale home invasion – SF Inga

Detectives investigating an alleged home invasion at Armidale last month have arrested and charged a man.

On Saturday 5 September 2015, four males allegedly forced entry to a home on McDonald Drive armed with firearms.

The group allegedly threatened the occupants – a man and woman who were at home with their infant child – and demanded cash.

They fled with money and jewellery.

Police were alerted and officers from New England Local Area Command attended and commenced inquiries as part of Strike Force Inga.

Following extensive inquiries, a 20-year-old man was arrested at a home on Drummond Avenue at Armidale just before 6am (Wednesday 14 October 2015).

He was taken to Armidale Police Station where he was charged with being armed with a dangerous weapon, as well as an outstanding arrest warrant, and appeared at Armidale Local Court.

He was refused bail to re-appear in Armidale Local Court on 19 October 2015.

Inquiries by Strike Force Inga into alleged armed robberies in Armidale continue.