A man has been charged with multiple drug and other offences, following a car fire at Tumut.
About 6:20am on Monday (5 February 2024), officers attached to Riverina Police District received a report a Toyota Prado SUV had allegedly been stolen from a property on Simpson Street, Tumut.
Police commenced an investigation, with officers locating the vehicle a short time later on fire in the Tumut State Forest.
Rural Fire Service crews attended and extinguished the blaze.
Police stopped a utility in the area, and following a search of the vehicle, arrested a 22-year-old man.
He was taken to Tumut Police Station and charged with four counts of possess prohibited drug, custody of knife in public place, steal motor vehicle and destroy or damage property greater than $15000.
He was granted conditional bail and will appear in Tumut Local Court on Wednesday 10 April 2024.
