Tag: central coast
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POLICE RAIDS REAP REWARDS ON THE CENTRAL COAST
Since September this year, Central Coast police have executed 12 search warrants, arrested 10 people, and laid 30 charges for a range of crimes including drug supply and firearm offences. The search warrants were executed following information received through Crime Stoppers. During the searches, police allegedly seized: – 391 cannabis plants – Cash – Three…
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MISSING 81-YEAR-OLD CENTRAL COAST WOMAN FOUND SAFE AND WELL
An elderly Central Coast woman who went missing yesterday has been found safe and well early this afternoon. Thelma Tregoning, aged 81, went missing from her home on Joyce Avenue, Wyoming, around 9am on Thursday, when she told neighbours she was going shopping. Following police inquiries, the woman was located in Mona Vale about 12.30pm today.
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CENTRAL COAST MAN CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF ICE, STOLEN CARS
A Central Coast man has been charged with possession of the drug ice, and dealing in the proceeds of crime, after police seized drugs, cash, cars, and other items following a vehicle stop in Tuggerah yesterday. About 12.30pm on Thursday, police officers spoke to the driver of a black Mercedes C200 sedan at a service…
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1,600 ECSTASY TABLETS SEIZED FROM BOAT
A 38-year-old man will face court today, after 1,600 ecstasy tablets were allegedly seized on a boat on the Central Coast. Officers were called to Mannering Park yesterday morning, following reports a man had fallen from a boat on Lake Macquarie. They spoke with a man walking near the boat ramp, before searching a nearby…
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75TH ANNIVERSARY OF SINKING OF MV NIMBIN ON THE CENTRAL COAST
Norah Head, a sleepy seaside town on the New South Wales Central Coast, it’s hard to imagine World War Two arrived on its doorstep. On this day, 75 years ago, a small merchant ship was sunk just off the coast of Norah Head. 7 men lost their lives, in what is now known as one…
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POLICE INVESTIGATE ALLEGED ABDUCTION ON THE CENTRAL COAST
Police are investigating claims a distressed, young girl was seen being carried into a van on the Central Coast. Just after 2 o’clock this afternoon, a 10-year-old boy told police he saw a girl who was screaming, being carried by a man, into a van near the Central Coast Highway at Long Jetty. Officers also…
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TEENAGER CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING POLICE ON THE CENTRAL COAST
A 16-year-old boy has been charged after he allegedly assaulted two police officers on the Central Coast. Police were patrolling Gertrude Street in North Gosford early this morning, when they saw a youth acting suspiciously. After searching the area, police found the teenager hiding at the front of a unit block in Hills Street. The…
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EXPLOSIVE SCENES AS DOUBLE MURDERER GETS 42-YEAR SENTENCE
A man has been sentenced to 42-years behind bars, with a non parole period of 33-years, for murdering his father and stepmother on the Central Coast in 2013. Corey Breen stabbed his father Paul Breen and his stepmother Felicity Crawford multiple times with a hunting knife, at their Killarney Vale home on Good Friday. In…
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HUNTER AND CENTRAL COAST COUNCILS TAKE THE PLUNGE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT MERGERS
As potential local government mergers continue to hang over regional councils, three Hunter and Central Coast councils have voluntarily taken the plunge in the last 24 hours. Gosford Council yesterday voted to unite with Wyong Council, with councillors in the south voting 7-3 in favour of a Central Coast super council. Just hours later, at…
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ATTEMPTED ARMED ROBBERY ON CENTRAL COAST
Police are looking for two men who threatened the owner of a newsagency with a sword and firearm on the Central Coast. Emergency services were called to the store at Avoca Beach just before 3am, after the masked men confronted the 61-year-old, demanding cash. They assaulted him before fleeing empty-handed. The owner was treated at the…