Four people have been arrested as part of a joint cross border operation with NSW Police and Queensland Police.
Operation Regional Mongoose is a high-visibility police operation to tackle serious property-related crime, committed predominately by young offenders.
The operation ran from Tuesday 29 October to Thursday 31 October, focusing on the townships of Boggabilla and Goondiwindi.
Police conducted searches of 15 properties and 15 vehicles.
During the three-day operation, four people were arrested and charged with a total of 20 offences.
Arrests of note include:
- On Wednesday 30 October 2024, police arrested a 42-year-old man in Boggabilla. He was charged with two counts of stalk/intimidate intend fear physical etc harm (domestic), possess prohibited drug and breach of bail. He was refused bail to appear before Inverell Local Court on Thursday 31 October 2024, where he was refused bail to appear before the same court on Friday (1 November 2024). He was refused bail to appear before Moree Local Court on Monday 2 December 2024.
- On Wednesday 30 October 2024, police arrested a 16-year-old boy in Boggabilla, who was wanted on an outstanding warrant in Queensland for 13 offences. He faced a children's court on Thursday 31 October 2024, where Queensland Police applied for his extradition, which was granted.
- On Thursday 31 October 2024, a 32-year-old woman was arrested in Boggabilla on an outstanding warrant and was charged with contravene prohibition/restriction in AVO (domestic) and common assault (domestic). She was refused bail to appear before Inverell Local Court on Friday (1 November 2024), where she was granted conditional bail to appear before Boggabilla Local Court on Wednesday 4 December 2024.
Western Region Commander, Assistant Commissioner Andrew Holland, said Operation Regional Mongoose will continue to disrupt and investigate crime in the border region.
"Operation Regional Mongoose has already seen hundreds of people being arrested and charged with a range of offences," Assistant Commissioner Holland said.
"Police will continue to patrol border towns in an effort to detect crime and keep those communities safe."
Inquiries under Operation Regional Mongoose continue.
