A man and woman will appear in court today (Wednesday 17 June 2015), for several firearm offences following an alleged domestic-related incident in Albury yesterday.

About 2.30pm (Tuesday 16 June 2015), police responded to an alleged domestic-related incident at Hume Street.

Police received information that a firearm was allegedly produced during the incident.

Following a search of the premises, officers allegedly located an unsecured shotgun and ammunition.

A 51-year-old woman and a 44-year-old man were arrested at the scene and taken to Albury Police Station.

The woman was charged with five offences:

– Possess unauthorised prohibited firearm;

– Not keep firearm safely – prohibited firearm;

– Common assault;

– Possess ammunition without holding licence;

– Use offensive weapon with intent to commit indictable offence.

The man was charged with:

– Common assault – DV;

– Possess unauthorised prohibited firearm;

– Dispose stolen property.

Both were refused bail to appear before Albury Local Court today (Wednesday 17 June 2015).

Two men and a woman have been charged with offences relating to the arson of a home in Goulburn two years ago.

About 8pm on Saturday 24 August 2013, a passing motorist noticed a large amount of smoke coming from a semi-detached home in Lagoon Street.

A neighbour also heard an explosion and saw flames coming from windows in the home.

Police and emergency services attended and were able to determine that the home was empty.

The entire premises were destroyed by fire whilst an adjoining home also suffered fire, smoke and water damage.

Police from Goulburn formed Strike Force Bowood and commenced their inquiries into the cause of the suspicious blaze.

Investigators have now arrested and charged two men and one woman in relation to the incident.

A 24-year-old Crookwell man who was arrested on 26 May 2015 will appear at Goulburn Local Court on 17 June 2015 charged with aggravated break, enter and steal.

A 20-year-old Goulburn woman who was arrested on 11 June 2015 will appear at Goulburn Local Court on 15 July 2015 charged with aggravated break, enter and steal and maliciously destroying property by fire in company.

A 25-year-old former Crookwell man was charged today with aggravated break, enter and steal and maliciously destroying property by fire in company.

He was refused bail and will appear at Goulburn Local Court on 24 June 2015.

A major police operation, targeting local drug suppliers, is currently underway in Wagga Wagga and surrounds.

In February (2015), police from the Wagga Wagga Local Area Command formed Strike Force Calyx to investigate more than 40 people believed to be involved in the supply of methylamphetamine (‘Ice’), MDMA, cannabis and other illicit substances. Officers were concerned about a wave of property crime in Wagga Wagga, Ashmont, Toland, Coolamin and Junee, and contended that the break-ins and thefts were being spurred by illicit drug use.

Over the course of this morning (Tuesday 16 June 2015), local police have executed search warrants at numerous properties in Wagga Wagga, Juneee and Coolamin.

So far, 11 people have been arrested.

More arrests are expected over the course of the afternoon.

A MAN driving an unregistered car with no number plates has led police on a chase across the Hume Highway and through the hills of Wodonga after running from the vehicle.

And following Saturday’s incident, the confident criminal appears to have returned to the Holden utlity and performed burnouts, blowing the rear wheels of the car before again abandoning it.

Police say they know who the 18-year-old Wodonga man is and are confident of catching him.

Officers had tried to stop the blue utility on the Old Barnawartha Road about 4.30pm on Saturday after driving past the car and noticing it had no number plates.

After police performed a U-turn, the man stopped the car and ran from the vehicle down a gully, jumped several fences, crossed train tracks and ran across the northbound and southbound lanes of the Hume Highway.

He continued to run across Plunketts Road and through farm paddocks before disappearing into the hills.

About 10 officers — including police who were called in from Wangaratta — attempted to locate the man, and took part in a search of several sheds on properties on Plunketts Road.

Police spent about two hours searching for the man, who they identified through property inside the dumped vehicle, and made enquiries at his home.

A cooler with alcohol was also found inside the car.

Sergeant Wal Larkin said the man’s actions had been reckless and had escalated what would have been a straightforward traffic stop.

“The whole thing was completely reckless,” he said.

“We know who he is; we identified him through items in the vehicle.

“The vehicle wasn’t stolen.

“It was a straightforward traffic matter which could have escalated into something a lot worse due to his reckless behaviour.

“It could have been horrible.”

Two men have been charged after they allegedly attempted to conceal a prohibited drug when entering a correctional facility in Goulburn today.

About 10.30am (Sunday 14 June 2015) a 24-year-old man was being processed through the visitor’s area of a correctional centre when he came under notice by a dog handler.

When the man was questioned further he removed a packet that was concealed on his body. When the package was unwrapped it was found to contain a number of balloons, each containing individual packets of a substance believed to be amphetamine.

The man was arrested and taken to Goulburn Police Station where he was questioned further.

As a result, police arrested a second man, aged 34, in the carpark of the correctional centre about 2pm today.

During a search of the man’s vehicle police will allege they located an amount of cash which officer’s suspect was unlawfully obtained.

He was arrested and taken to Goulburn Police Station where he was charged with knowingly take part in supply, and goods in custody.

The 24-year-old was charged with supply prohibited drug and bring/attempt to bring thing into place of detention without authority.

Both men were refused bail and will appear in Goulburn Local Court tomorrow (Monday 15 June 2015).