Strike Force Subdivision: Man charged following large-scale rural theft operation
A fresh arrest has been made after a large-scale rural crime operation targeting country theft of large-machinery and equipment across the state’s central west.
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A seventh person has been charged following a large-scale investigation into theft from rural properties in the state’s central west.
The Rural Crime Prevention Team and Central West Police District established Strike Force Subdivision in October 2023 to investigate the large-scale theft of machinery, plants, prime movers and other equipment across the state.
Following inquiries, Central West Police District rural crime investigators attended a correctional facility and transferred a 19-year-old man to Bathurst Police Station.
He was charged with the use or supply of a stolen firearm or firearm part and possession of an unauthorised firearm.
The teenager appeared at Bathurst Local Court on Wednesday, where he was formally refused bail to reappear at Parkes Local Court in October.
The fresh arrest comes after three men and three women were previously charged for similar offences, with four people already dealt with in court and two people remain before the courts.
Last year, a 36-year-old man was arrested in Condobolin after he allegedly jumped in his car and fled his location when police approached.
He was arrested a short time later and charged with 33 offences including traffic, stealing a trailer, receiving stolen property and goods in custody offences.
Earlier this year, police executed a search warrant on a property in Condobolin, where they allegedly located and seized a firearm, a truck, farming tools and equipment believed to be stolen.
A 34-year-old woman was charged.
The strike force also arrested two women and two men earlier this year connected to the large-scale property theft.
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