Four people have been charged following a police pursuit in Dubbo this morning during which three police vehicles were damaged.
Officers attached to Orana Mid-Western Police District – operating under Operation Soteria – were patrolling the Newell Highway about 2.30am (Saturday 28 June 2025), when they saw a sedan which had been reported stolen.
When the driver failed to stop when directed a pursuit was initiated, travelling 70km south to Peak Hill where one of the police vehicles was allegedly rammed and the sedan stopped.
Police will allege as the officer approached the car, the driver accelerated towards her, and she discharged her firearm.
The sedan struck a second police vehicle before a man and three women – allegedly travelling in the stolen car – were arrested and taken to Dubbo Police Station.
The alleged driver, a 24-year-old man, has now been charged with five offences,
- Take and drive conveyance without consent of owner
- Police pursuit – not stop – drive dangerously
- Use etc offensive weapon to prevent lawful detention etc
- Unlicensed for Class (prior offence), and
- Hinder or resist police officer in the execution of duty.
Two outstanding warrants relating to a revocation of parole were executed.
The man, from Redfern, has been refused bail to appear via AVL in Parramatta Local Court today (Saturday 28 June 2025).
Three women have each been charged with be carried in conveyance taken without consent of owner.
A 25-year-old woman from Bourke has been refused bail to appear in Parramatta Local Court tomorrow (Sunday 29 June 2025).
A 22-year-old woman from Bourke has been granted conditional bail to appear in Dubbo Local Court on 13 August 2025, while a 20-year-old woman from Dubbo has been granted conditional bail to appear in Dubbo Local Court on 20 August 2025.
Checks indicate the car was stolen from Marrickville shortly after midnight yesterday (Friday 27 June 2025).
There were no injuries during the pursuit or subsequent arrests to either police or those arrested.
Operation Soteria was established to target youth crime in the western and northern regional areas of the state.
