Man Charged in Tweed Heads Cemetery Theft

A man will face Court after being charged with stealing plaques from a cemetery in the states north earlier this month.

On Tuesday 20 August 2024, officers from Tweed/Byron Police District commenced an investigation into the alleged theft of more than 100 metal plaques from headstones from a cemetery on Kirkwood Road, Tweed Heads South.

Following inquiries, about 6.10am this morning (Friday 30 August 2024), police arrested a 44-year-old man at Murwillumbah and taken to Tweed Heads Police Station.

He was charged with wilfully damage or deface any Protected Place, stealing of 102 copper plaques from gravestones, malicious damage & possess prohibited drug.

The man was refused bail to appear at Tweed Heads Local Court later today (Friday 30 August 2024).

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