A man has been charged after allegedly filming a woman on a Newcastle bound train last week.

About 10.30am on Thursday (17 March 2016), a 22-year-old woman boarded a train on the Hunter Line from Central Railway Station.

About 1pm that afternoon, she awoke to find a male passenger allegedly filming up her clothing.

She confronted the man and he left the train at Cardiff Railway Station.

The woman later reported the matter to officers from the Police Transport Command.

Following further inquiries, about 11am today (Wednesday 23 March 2016), officers attended a home on Mitchell Close, Cessnock, where they arrested a 30-year-old man.

A phone and computer hard drives were also seized from the property, which will now be examined by specialist officers.

The man was taken to Cessnock Police Station, where he was charged with filming persons private parts without consent and offensive conduct.

He has been granted conditional bail and is due to appear before Toronto Local Court on Wednesday 20 April 2016.

Police have charged a man in relation to the armed robbery of a registered club in the Lake Macquarie area in 2012.

Strike Force Lockwood was established by the Robbery and Serious Crime Squad to investigate a number of robberies and break and enters in the Lake Macquarie and Newcastle areas in 2012.

That included the armed robbery of a club at Wangi Wangi on 18 November 2012.

Following extensive inquiries, detectives arrested a 45-year-old man at Claymore, in Sydney’s south-west, yesterday (Monday 21 March 2016).

It will be alleged the man was at the location contrary to the conditions of an apprehended violence order.

He was taken to Macquarie Fields Police Station where he was charged with robbery whilst armed with a dangerous weapon and two counts of breach AVO.

He was refused bail to appear at Campbelltown Local Court yesterday and remains in custody to reappear on Wednesday 18 May 2016.

He is the second man to be charged over the incident.

Police are investigating after a hydroponic drug setup was found at a house in Port Macquarie at the weekend.

About 4am (Saturday 19 March 2016), a three-year-old boy was found by a member of the public walking along Gordon Street wearing only a nappy. Officers from the Mid North Coast Local Area Command were contacted and attended.

As part of their inquiries, officers attended a Hollingworth Street residence. While at the residence, police allege cannabis plants were located, along with equipment used in their cultivation.

A crime scene was established as further investigations were conducted. A search warrant was executed and 17 cannabis plants, more than 300g of cannabis, an unregistered firearm and a prohibited weapon were seized.

About 4.45pm, a 39-year-old woman attended Port Macquarie Police Station and was charged with two offences including, take part in enhanced indoor cultivation of prohibited plants in presence of children, and take action that results in health/physical damage to a child.

She was granted conditional bail to appear at Port Macquarie Local Court on Wednesday 6 April 2016.

Other agencies have been notified.

A man has been charged after he allegedly climbed on top of a stationary train in the Hunter Valley yesterday.

About 1.30pm (Sunday 20 March 2016), police will allege a man entered the railway corridor at Chillcotts Creek, approximately 3km south of Willow Tree.

He then climbed on top of a stationary coal train and refused to come down.

Officers from Hunter Valley Local Area Command and Police Rescue attended and about 5pm were able to assist the man from the top of the locomotive, where he was arrested.

A 33-year-old man from Queensland was taken to Muswellbrook Police Station and charged with obstructing a railway and trespassing.

He was granted conditional bail to appear before Scone Local Court on Thursday 24 March 2016.