Stolen firearm - West Tamworth, NSW

Police from Oxley Local Area Command are appealing for public assistance to locate a firearm stolen during a break-in at a home in West Tamworth this week, NSW Police say.

Officers have been told someone has accessed the shed of the property on Tingira Street, between 9pm on Monday 3 April 2017 and 7.30am on Tuesday 4 April 2017 and taken a B.S.A Meteor .177 calibre air-rifle.

Police are investigating the incident and are appealing for anyone with information about the break-in, or the whereabouts of the firearm, to come forward.

Police are urging anyone with information in relation to this incident to call Crime Stoppers.

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