A man will face court in Newcastle today after being charged with 17 offences following an ongoing investigation in the state's Port Stephen-Hunter region.
Since October 2018, officers attached to Port Stephens-Hunter Police District have been investigating multiple alleged stealing, break and enter, traffic, fraud, drug and firearm offences committed across the Port Stephens-Hunter, Hunter Valley and Tuggerah Lakes Police Districts.
Following inquiries, about 10am yesterday (Friday 22 February 2019), police executed a search warrant at a house on Government Road, Weston, where a 31-year-old man was arrested and taken to Maitland Police Station.
Officers seized a number of items from the premises including a motorbike and keys belonging to a vehicle, both allegedly stolen.
He was charged with 17 offences including receive/dispose stolen property (x4), possess prohibited drug, break enter and steal, steal firearm or imitation firearm, unlawfully sell firearms, take & drive conveyance without consent of owner (x2), drive motor vehicle during disqualification period (x3), drive recklessly/furiously or speed in manner dangerous, dishonestly obtain property by deception, police pursuit – not stop – drive recklessly (Skye's Law), and goods in personal custody suspected stolen.
The man was refused bail to appear in Newcastle local court today (Saturday 23 February 2019).
