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TEENAGER ALLEGEDLY RECRUITED TO STEAL – PAIR CHARGED
An investigation into the recruitment of a teenager to break, enter and steal on a Mid North Coast property earlier this year has led to a pair being charged. Police allege a 14-year-old boy was asked to steal from a home in Upper Lansdowne in March. It’s alleged the boy was recruited by a 38-year-old…
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NEWCASTLE AIRPORT TO ACCOMMODATE NRL TEAMS
Newcastle Airport will accommodate five NRL charter flights over the next month. The non-routine flying activity will be an arrival and departure point for interstate NRL squads during COVID-19 restrictions. The charter flights will occur outside of the airport’s normal operating hours. Brisbane were the first side to come and go last night. (11 June).…
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THE HUNTER TOPS NATIONAL YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
Latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show the unemployment rate for those aged between 15 and 24 in the Hunter Region is almost four percent higher than the national rate. April figures show 17.6 per cent of the Hunters youth are now unemployed. The youth unemployment rate in the Hunter Valley (excluding…
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FOUR MEN CHARGED OVER ALLEGED SUPPLY OF DRUGS AND GUNS IN NEWCASTLE
Police have targeted the supply of drugs and guns in Newcastle – carrying out a dramatic series of raids. Four men were arrested – tonight, three of them remain in custody.
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OLD STOCKTON FERRY SINKS IN LAKE MACQUARIE
Emergency services have worked to clean up an oil spill, after the former Stockton Ferry sunk on Lake Macquarie. The owner will be forced to foot the bill for salvage costs, with maritime authorities warning other boaties steep fines apply for pollution.
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CYCLEWAY TO HONOUR VETERANS BETWEEN GRETA AND BRANXTON
Newcastle has the ANZAC Walk – now a project to honour war veterans is coming to the coalfields. The federal government has committed almost $2-million to get a memorial cycleway between Greta and Branxton off the ground, after a long push for funding.
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$22M WORTH OF CANNABIS SEIZED FROM PROPERTY SOUTH OF LISMORE
From the air it was large, neat and otherwise unremarkable, but inside it was anything but. Police have raided a remote property near Lismore, uncovering a sophisticated drug operation, and seizing close to $22-million worth of cannabis.
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MAN CHARGED OVER GUNNEDAH BREAK-IN
A man has been charged, 16 years after he allegedly broke into a Gunnedah shopping centre. In January 2004, the 47-year-old allegedly stole cash, vouchers and camera equipment from the Conadilly Street mall. He was arrested at his home yesterday, and will face court on July 7.
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LISMORE POLICE SEIZE $22 MILLION WORTH OF CANNABIS
Almost $22 million worth of cannabis has been seized, after police uncovered the largest industrial grow-house cannabis crop in New South Wales since 2010. Four men were arrested, and 20 large-scale industrial grow houses were dismantled near Lismore yesterday. In November last year, police established Strike Force Harthouse to investigate the cultivation and supply of…
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WOMAN REFUSES BREATH TEST WHILE PICKING UP GIRL FROM SCHOOL
A Port Stephens woman has been accused of harassing a staff member and refusing to give a breath test at a school yesterday afternoon. Just after 3pm, the 60-year-old went to the school to pick up a nine-year-old girl. While parking her Peugeot, she allegedly crashed into bushes and small trees, before getting out of…