*Please note: Images of the operation can be found on NSWPF social media pages.
Police have arrested nine people on outstanding warrants for traffic offences, and laid ten charges for other offences, as part of an operation to disrupt criminal activity in south-west Sydney and the state's south-west today.
Traffic and Highway Patrol Command officers from Traffic South West, which includes Murrumbidgee, Murray River and Riverina police districts, conducted Operation Flux between 4am and 12pm today (Thursday 17 December 2020).
"This was about disrupting criminal activity in the target areas by identifying and arresting drivers wanted on traffic offences," said Acting Superintendent Robert Toynton, Commander of South West Traffic and Highway Patrol.
"This is a focus because there are links between people who are unlicensed, disqualified and have outstanding warrants for other criminal offences," said Acting Superintendent Toynton.
"As always, our key focus is on keeping the community safe and targeting law breakers."
During the operation, officers executed nine warrants, laid 10 charges for other offences, searched 11 people and nine vehicles, and carried out 232 breath tests and 90 random drug tests.
Incidents of note include:
- About 5:50am today (Thursday 17 December 2020), officers attended a home in Eagle Vale, in relation to a 43-year-old man wanted on an outstanding warrant for driving while licence cancelled. The man allegedly drove away from the scene and was stopped a short distance away. The man was arrested and taken to Campbelltown Police Station. The warrant was executed and he was charged with drive while licence cancelled. He is due to appear in Campbelltown Local Court today (Thursday 17 December 2020).
- About 07.20am (Thursday 17 December 2020), police attended a house on Flynn Place, Tolland, in relation to a man wanted on outstanding warrants for DV-related offences. Officers found the 23-year-old hiding in the kitchen of the home and arrested him. Subsequent checks revealed the man was also allegedly contravening a domestic violence order. He was taken to Wagga Wagga Police Station, where he was charged with contravene prohibition/restriction in AVO, and the outstanding warrants were executed. He was refused bail to appear in Wagga Wagga Local Court today (Thursday 17 December 2020).
- A short time later, about 07:40am (Thursday 17 December 2020), police stopped a Victorian registered Range Rover Sport on Glenfield Road, Tolland. The 32-year-old man, who had a Victorian licence, was subjected to a roadside drug test, which allegedly returned a positive result for methamphetamine. Officers searched the man and vehicle, locating a glass smoking pipe and about 1.5 grams of methylamphetamine in his underwear, and more than $8000 in cash in the car. The man was arrested and taken to Wagga Wagga Police Station, where he'll undergo undergoing further testing. He was issued with a court attendance notice for possession of a prohibited drug and will appear in Wagga Wagga Local Court on Wednesday 3 February 2021. Inquiries continue.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au. Information is treated in strict confidence. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.
