TASER AND CAPSICUM SPRAY USED DURING ARREST IN COFFS HARBOUR
Police have used capsicum spray and a taser to subdue a man during an arrest on the mid north coast. Just after 11am on Saturday, police attended a home on Morrison Close in Coffs Harbour to speak with...
View ArticleUTE PASSENGER DIES AFTER FALLING FROM TRAY
A man has died after falling from a ute north of Port Stephens. Around 11 o’clock last night, a Holden ute was driving on Mungo Brush Road, Mungo Brush carrying timber in the tray. According to...
View ArticlePASSENGERS FORCE INTOXICATED BUS DRIVER TO STOP ON M1 MOTORWAY
A bus driver has been issued with a field court notice for mid-range drink driving after the passengers on the bus he was driving rang police with concerns he was intoxicated. The passengers were on a...
View ArticleSPEEDS ALLEGEDLY REACH 140KPH DURING PORT MACQUARIE PURSUIT
Police have used road spikes and capsicum spray to end a 90km pursuit on the mid north coast, where it is alleged speeds up to 140km/h were reached. Just before 11pm on Friday, police were travelling...
View ArticleTRUCK COLLISION CLAIMS TWO LIVES NEAR MOREE
Two people have died in a head-on collision at Moree near Tamworth this afternoon. Just after 4.15, emergency services were called to the Newell Highway about three kilometres north of the River Road...
View ArticleINTRUDER FLEES EMPTY HANDED AFTER ATTEMPTED ROBBERY INTERRUPTED
A security guard has disturbed an armed intruder during an attempted robbery at a tavern on the Gold Coast this morning. Shortly after 3.15am, a male security guard noticed a door had been damaged at...
View ArticleELDERLY MEREWETHER COUPLE ROBBED IN THEIR LOUNGE ROOM
An elderly couple has been left shaken, following a home invasion at Merewether Heights last night. Police say the husband and wife, aged in their 70s, were watching TV in their lounge room around...
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An elderly couple has told how masked intruders threatened to kill them during a brazen home invasion in Newcastle. Trees have been ripped from their roots and buildings left damaged after a freak...
View ArticleGUN FIRED IN DOMESTIC DISPUTE NEAR MAITLAND
An 80-year-old man has appeared in court after allegedly discharging a firearm in a domestic related incident north of Maitland on Friday. Police attended a home on Dungog Road at Hilldale, 30km north...
View ArticleBASEBALL BAT USED IN STOCKRINGTON ASSAULT
A man has allegedly been beaten with a baseball bat and burnt during an assault west of Newcastle on Friday. Around 1:30am on Friday, two men, both aged 43, were at a home on Bluegum Close,...
View ArticleMAN APPREHENDED BOARDING A FLIGHT WITH QUANTITY OF DRUGS
A man has been caught attempting to board a flight to Lord Howe Island with a quantity of drugs. The 29-year-old was arrested before boarding at Port Macquarie Airport yesterday. When searching his...
View ArticlePOLICE APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE AFTER CHILD APPROACHED ON THE MID-NORTH COAST
A young child has been approached by a man in a car near Port Macquarie earlier this week. Around 3 o’clock on Thursday afternoon, a 10-year-old girl was walking at the intersection of Fiona Crescent...
View ArticleTRUCK SMASHES INTO ANOTHER HEAVY VEHICLE NEAR MURWILLUMBAH
Police are investigating after a crash between two trucks yesterday in far north NSW. Shortly after 12:30pm on Friday, emergency services responded to reports a prime mover travelling on the M1 had...
View ArticleSTOLEN CAR ALLEGEDLY CLOCKS 130KPH DURING PURSUIT ON THE GOLD COAST
A stolen vehicle has collided with a police car, after allegedly clocking speed in excess of 130kph on the Gold Coast yesterday. Just after 10:30pm last night, police allege a stolen Holden Commodore...
View ArticleWEEKEND UPDATE
Iraqi government troops are advancing on Mosul, the final stronghold of Islamic State. The Network’s Senior Correspondent Mark Burrows has been caught in a firefight on the town’s outskirts. Tributes...
View ArticleDEFECT NOTICES ISSUED AND LICENCES SUSPENDED DURING OPERATION WRECK
Police have issued 21 defect notices in an operation targeting hoon activity in northern NSW over the past two days. Operation Wreck was conducted on Friday and Saturday in Moree as a joint operation...
View ArticlePOLICE BELIEVE SCRUB FIRES IN NORTHERN NSW MAY BE DELIBERATELY LIT
Police believe a number of scrub fires in far north NSW may have started in suspicious circumstances, and are now seeking public assistance for more information about how they began. Police and the RFS...
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Five people have suffered burns after a boat exploded in flames off Queensland’s South Stradbroke Island. A house fire in Sydney’s west has led to the discovery of a number of cannabis plants in an...
View ArticleTEENS TO FACE COURT OVER MID NORTH BREAK-INS
Six teenagers have been charged following a spate of break ins on the Mid North Coast. Aged 15 and 16, the boys are accused of breaking into a number of caravans at two South West Rocks holiday parks...
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A coroner has found a “minuscule misjudgment” by Phillip Hughes from a high-bouncing ball led to his death, during an SCG Sheffield Shield match in November 2014. A police pursuit has ended with a man...
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