Police, Tweed Shire Council rangers join forces to tackle ‘anti-social behaviour’, remove illegal campsites at Tweed Heads
Police teaming up with rangers have moved on “15 groups” and charged a man during a joint op targeting illegal camping, drinking in public and general anti-social behaviour.
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Tweed police teaming up with council rangers have moved on “15 groups” and charged a man during a joint operation targeting anti-social behaviour, illegal camping and drinking in public.
Authorities also recovered two abandoned vehicles and eight fines were issued for camping and parking offences, Tweed-Byron Police state.
The operation on Monday, April 15 and Saturday, April 20 involved “high-visibility foot patrols” through shopping centres, parks, foreshore areas and other public spaces.
Recently, the Tweed Daily News asked on Facebook whether more security guards were needed and those responding were clearly in agreement.
Meanwhile, police said the operation also included stripping four tents from parkland.
The 46-year-old man who was charged was allegedly involved in an “incident” at a licensed venue on Wharf St St at Tweed Heads on March 31.
A vehicle was damaged and patrons were verbally abused, it’s alleged.
The man was arrested and taken to Tweed Heads Police Station.
He was charged with destroying or damaging property, common assault, using offensive language in or near a public place, possessing a prohibited drug and hindering or resisting police.
The accused was refused bail to face Tweed Heads Local Court on April 17 and then granted bail to face the same court on May 27.
Police state efforts to “reduce anti-social behaviour” with the help of Tweed Shire Council rangers would continue.
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