Two teens will face court charged following an investigation into multiple break-ins and a pursuit in the state’s north.
Operation Regional Mongoose is a high-visibility police operation to tackle serious property-related crime, committed predominately by young offenders.
Officers attached to Oxley and Hunter Valley Police Districts commenced investigations into multiple break-ins and a pursuit in the Tamworth and Hunter Valley areas. Items of note:
- Between September 2023 and July 2024, police commenced inquiries in relation to multiple property related offences in the Tamworth area. Following inquiries, about 1.40pm on Tuesday (23 July 2024), police attended a home in Tamworth and arrested a 14-year-old boy where he was taken to Tamworth Police Station.
Police executed an outstanding arrest warrant for traffic and criminal-related offences. He was also charged with breach of bail. The teen was refused bail and appeared at a Children’s court on Tuesday (23 July 2024), where he was given conditional bail to reappear at the same court on Tuesday 20 August 2024.
- Officers attached to Hunter Valley Police District commenced an investigation following reports of multiple aggravated break-ins and theft of vehicles in the Hunterview area throughout July 2024. On Thursday 11 July 2024, investigators executed a search warrant at a home in Hunterview, and seized five sets of car keys that were allegedly stolen. Following inquiries, about 12.55pm yesterday (Wednesday 24 July 2024), a 17-year-old boy attended Tamworth Police Station and was arrested.
He was charged with two counts of aggravated break and enter and commit serious indictable offence-people there, two counts of take and drive conveyance without consent of owner, aggravated break and enter and commit serious indictable offence-armed, face blackened/disguised with intent commit indictable offence, commit s 154A offence and disseminate, and breach of bail.
The teen was refused bail to appear at a Children’s court today (Thursday 25 July 2024).
Inquiries under Operation Regional Mongoose continue.
Anyone with information about Operation Regional Mongoose 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.
