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Amaani Siddeek is the South West Sydney reporter for the Canterbury Bankstown Express covering community, council, court and development.

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Woman falls from moving car in alleged samurai sword robbery

A man wielding a samurai sword allegedly caused a woman to fall from a moving car while stealing the vehicle in the state’s Central West.

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NSW Police Generics. Picture: Thomas Lisson

‘Don’t want bail’: Man accused of windscreen smashing spree

A man has been slapped with 12 malicious damage charges after allegedly smashing the windscreens of a dozen vehicles on New Year’s Day in regional NSW.

Canberra Star

Jonas Safari tragically drowned at a popular swimming spot along Murrumbidgee River at Canberra’s Pine Island on December 29, 2024. The ACT's Congolese community have launched a GoFundMe page to raise funds for Jonas' grieving family including his mother Juliet Asifiwe and his four younger siblings. Picture: Supplied

‘Great sadness’: Community mourns as drowning victim identified

Canberra’s Congolese community is mourning the death of a young man who has been identified as the victim of a tragic drowning at one of the capital’s most popular swimming hotspots.

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The police chase took place through a Batemans Bay suburb. Picture: Generic, file.

Driver allegedly hit home, fuel bowser in separate police pursuits

A man is behind bars on remand after he allegedly led police on two pursuits in the Hunter region, crashing into a home on the first occasion and a fuel bowser on the other.

Newcastle

Vape stores that are still selling vapes without a prescription. Picture: Liam Kidston

Police seize 100,000 vapes in warehouse search

Police have charged a tobacconist and a delivery driver after uncovering tens of thousands of allegedly illicit vapes stored in a warehouse in the state’s Hunter region.

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Kelly Farrugia, 39, has been charged with publicly threatening violence on religious grounds after an alleged encounter with pro-Palestine supporters at Bankstown Kmart on December 22, 2024., , image: supplied

Ex-teacher charged after police find ‘alarming’ YouTube playlists

An ex-teacher whose tirade in a western Sydney Kmart went viral last week has been hit with further charges after investigators uncovered bizarre YouTube playlists remarking on her former school.

UpdatedCoffs Harbour

Scene of a crash on intersection of Park Avenue and Pacific Highway, Coffs Harbour where a man and a woman have now been charged. Picture: Jess Moore / Facebook

Man, woman charged after Christmas Day cop chase

A man and woman have copped multiple charges after a crash which closed the Pacific Highway in both directions on the Mid North Coast early on Christmas Day.

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Facebook prompted online child grooming sting on priest: Police

Police will allege an alert from the social media giant kicked off an online police sting before a retired Catholic priest was arrested on a suburban street where he believed he was meeting a teenage boy for sex.

Blacktown

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Three charged over western Sydney break ins, armed carjacking

Three people have been charged following a string of break and enters and an armed carjacking over the weekend.

Blacktown

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos SEPTEMBER 2, 2021: Police and forensic teams search the streets at the crime scene of a fatal stabbing overnight in Blacktown.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

Western Sydney drill rap group members jailed over teen’s death

Members of a western Sydney drill rap group have been jailed after instigating a violent fight with a rival group, which left one teen dead and two others seriously wounded.

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