Police have charged 21 people with 33 offences under Operation Soteria during a three-day Surge operation in the state’s west. Operation Soteria is a strategic initiative focusing on aggravated break, enter and steal offences, stealing motor vehicles, and ‘post and...
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Man Sentenced After 2023 Accident
A Glen Innes man has been sentenced to a 15-month intensive correction order following the death of an 84-year-old pensioner in Glen Innes in 2023 The Northern Daily Leader reports 65-year-old Douglas Gordon Budden pleaded guilty to negligent driving occasioning death...
Inverell Police Investigate Weekend Incidents
Inverell police are investigating weekend incidents involving vehicles involved in a police pursuit and another that was burnt out. Police report there was a brief pursuit during the early hours of Saturday with a cream-coloured dual cab 4x4 which occurred on Glen...
Siblings Charged
A brother and sister aged 13 and 12 have been charged following the theft of a motor vehicle from a dealership in Vivian Street, a police pursuit and an accident in Inverell last Thursday Inverell Police responded and located the stolen vehicle on Byron Lane and...
Young People Involved in Car Theft, Police Pursuit and Accident in Inverell
Two young people aged 13 and 12 have allegedly been involved in the theft of a motor vehicle from a dealership in Vivian Street. Inverell Police responded and located the stolen vehicle on Byron Lane. Police say the stolen vehicle failed to stop, and a police pursuit...
Appeal to Locate Woman Missing from Moree
Police are appealing for assistance to locate a woman missing from the state’s west. Toni Barnden, aged 31, was last seen about 4:12pm Monday 7 July 2025 on Balo Street, Moree. Unable to be located or contacted since, officers from New England Police District were...
Fuel Theft at Mt Russell
New England Police are investigating the theft of fuel from Mt Russell this week. Police say $160 worth of diesel fuel or 80 litres has been reported stolen from Mt Russell Rd, sometime between 5:30pm Monday and 7:30 on Tuesday. Anyone with information about this...
Four Teenagers Arrested After Aggravated Break and Enter in Moree
Four teenagers have been arrested following an aggravated break and enter at a home in the state’s west. Police were called to a home on Boston Street, Moree, about 5:30am today (Monday 7 July 2025), after four people – one allegedly armed with a box cutter – forced...
Ten Charged Under Operation Soteria
Ten people have been charged with 30 offences under Operation Soteria in the state’s north west. Operation Soteria is a strategic initiative focusing on aggravated break, enter and steal offences, stealing motor vehicles, and ‘post and boast’ offences where social...