A man will face court in Newcastle today after being charged with 17 offences following an ongoing investigation in the state\u2019s Port Stephen-Hunter region.
\nSince October 2018, officers attached to Port Stephens-Hunter Police District have been investigating multiple alleged stealing, break and enter, traffic, fraud, drug and firearm offences committed across the Port Stephens-Hunter, Hunter Valley and Tuggerah Lakes Police Districts.
\nFollowing inquiries, about 10am yesterday (Friday 22 February 2019), police executed a search warrant at a house on Government Road, Weston, where a 31-year-old man was arrested and taken to Maitland Police Station.
\nOfficers seized a number of items from the premises including a motorbike and keys belonging to a vehicle, both allegedly stolen.
\nHe was charged with 17 offences including receive\/dispose stolen property (x4), possess prohibited drug, break enter and steal, steal firearm or imitation firearm, unlawfully sell firearms, take & drive conveyance without consent of owner (x2), drive motor vehicle during disqualification period (x3), drive recklessly\/furiously or speed in manner dangerous, dishonestly obtain property by deception, police pursuit \u2013 not stop \u2013 drive recklessly (Skye\u2019s Law), and goods in personal custody suspected stolen.
\nThe man was refused bail to appear in Newcastle local court today (Saturday 23 February 2019).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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