Police and Courts

Commander outlines policing plans in visit to Forbes

Forbes Mayor Phyllis Miller OAM met with Western Region Police Commander Andrew Holland in Forbes on Monday to discuss enhanced police presence. Mayor Miller said her meeting with newly appointed Western Region Commander Andrew Holland to address...

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22 hours ago

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Property charges laid after police investigate farm trespass

A man will face court charged with firearm and property-related offences after police were called to an alleged trespasser at a rural property. A farm worker found an unknown person on the property when he went to a shed to investigate a small fire...

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22 hours ago

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Police seize housebreaking tools, knife after recovering stolen ute

Police have seized housebreaking tools and a knife from a Condobolin property after a pursuit of a ute stolen from Forbes last week. Police attempted to stop the ute, reported stolen from Forbes last Wednesday, in Condobolin about 11.45pm on Saturday...

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22 hours ago

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Police seize housebreaking tools, knife after recovering stolen ute

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22 hours ago

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Women facing charges after Forbes home searched

Two women, one 56 and one 18, are facing charges after police swooped on a Forbes home on Thursday morning. Parkes Detectives and the proactive crime team from Central West Police District executed a firearm prohibition order at a north Forbes...

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22 hours ago

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Woman dies after car and truck collide on Newell

A woman has died after a car and truck collided on the Newell Highway, south of Forbes, on Thursday morning. Emergency services were called to the Newell Highway, about 25km south of Forbes, around 9.25am on 22 May following reports of...

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01 Jun 2025

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Police arrest man, 28, over vehicle theft

A vehicle reported stolen last week has been recovered and charges laid in connection. It’s alleged a 28-year-old male was driving the vehicle, with false or wrong number plates, when he was stopped by police on Wyndham Avenue on Friday morning. The...

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18 May 2025

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Two arrested after police pursuit

Police took two people into custody after an allegedly stolen vehicle was involved in a police pursuit along the Newell Highway and eventually crashed on the shore of the lake in the middle of Forbes. Officers chased down two males on foot as they...

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11 May 2025

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Two charged after alleged vehicle theft, pursuits

A man and a teenage boy have been charged after a vehicle allegedly stolen from Forbes was allegedly involved in two police pursuits in Parkes and eventually rolled at Daroobalgie. Police were initially called to the reported theft of an SUV from...

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11 May 2025

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Two arrested after police pursuit

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11 May 2025

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Two charged after alleged vehicle theft, pursuits

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11 May 2025

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Shot fired, two pursuits as police try to arrest man

A man surrendered to police when his car became immobile after two pursuits and a collision with a police car during which a shot was fired. About 6am on Tuesday police were called to an incident in Parkes following reports a 42-year-old man had...

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04 May 2025

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Investigation leads to 19 charges, searches in Parkes and Forbes

A man has been charged with more than a dozen firearm offences following an investigation in the Central West. In December 2024 Rural Crime Investigators attached to the Central West Police District began an investigation into drug, firearms and...

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13 Apr 2025