A woman has faced court charged over alleged firearm and stealing offences in the state's west.
Between 12pm on Monday 3 February 2025 and 6:45am on Tuesday 4 February 2025, a storage container located in Fox Street, Walgett was allegedly broken into.
The owner of the storage container reported that a number of power tools had allegedly been stolen.
Following inquiries, officers attached to Central North Police District searched a room at a motel on Fox Street, Walgett, where they seized a number of items including power tools, a gel blaster, a NSW Rural Fire Service defibrillator, and housebreaking implements.
A 25-year-old woman was arrested at the motel and taken to Walgett Police Station where she was charged with:
- Face blackened/disguised with intent commit indictable offence
- Possess housebreaking implements
- Possess unregistered firearm-prohibited firearm
- Receive property-theft-serious indictable offence <$5000 (two counts)
- Goods in personal custody suspected of being stolen, and
- Breach of bail.
She was refused bail and appeared before Walgett Local Court yesterday, Wednesday 5 February 2025, where she was again refused bail to appear before the same court on Monday 10 March 2025
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au. Information is treated in strict confidence. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.
