A teenage girl has been charged following an unauthorised protest in the Hunter Valley today.
About 10:15am (Tuesday 9 July 2024), police were called to the rail corridor near Pothana Lane, Belford, following reports persons had allegedly entered the rail corridor and were causing obstruction to trains.
Officers attached to Hunter Valley Police District, with assistance from Police Rescue, attended the site and arrested a 17-year-old girl from Katoomba.
She was taken to Singleton Police Station where she was charged with enter enclosed lands - serious safety risk, cause train in motion to be stopped, cause obstruction to railway locomotive, and interfere with equipment without permission.
She was refused bail to appear before a Childrens Court tomorrow (Wednesday 10 July 2024).
