A third man has faced court charged after fleeing a vehicle stop where the alleged proceeds of a home invasion in South Australia were seized.
About 8.45am on Monday 24 February 2025, an officer from Broken Hill Highway Patrol stopped a white Hyundai van on the Barrier Highway near Broken Hill.
A front seat passenger from the van ran off, while the driver, a 49-year-old man, was arrested by police.
Following a forensic search of the vehicle at Broken Hill Police Station, police allegedly located 14 firearms, a further semi-automatic loaded shotgun and a large quantity of collectable coins and other related cash located.
Inquiries by detectives linked the items found inside the vehicle to an aggravated break, enter and steal offence at Yorketown in South Australia, which occurred about 1.00am (Monday 24 February 2025), where a 74-year-old man was allegedly assaulted by three armed men who broke into his home.
About 3.00pm the same day, officers from Central North Police District stopped a white van on the outskirts of Cobar, which police suspected had been travelling with the first van.
The two men – aged 49 and 35 – were charged and remain before the courts.
Following extensive inquiries to locate the passenger, a 50-year-old man was arrested in Sturt Park, Broken Hill just before midday on Saturday (1 February 2025).
He was taken to Broken Hill Police Station where the outstanding warrant was executed and he was charged with knowingly deal with proceeds of crime, receive etc property stolen outside NSW, possess loaded firearm public place, not keep firearm safely - not pistol/prohibited and 15 counts of possess unauthorised firearm.
The man appeared at Parramatta Bail Court on Sunday (2 February 2025), where he was formally refused bail to appear at Broken Hill Local Court on Tuesday 29 April 2025.
