A 34-year-old man from Bass Hill and a 33-year-old from Bankstown have been charged, while a search at a business in Bass Hill last week allegedly located 113 products including Manuka honey, nine sets of wireless earphones, 587 packets of painkillers, 118 skin products, 447 cans of tuna, several cans of baby formula, and other assorted food items, confectionary, beauty and health products and tobacco.
Almost 1,000 cans of baby formula, 752 oral hygiene products and other products were found at two other addresses.
The total estimated value of the alleged stolen items is approximately $80,000.
The 34-year-old was charged with 41 counts of shoplifting, goods in personal custody suspected of being stolen and driving while licence expired.
Police also executed an outstanding arrest warrant for the offences of robbery in company, breach of bail, and two counts of fail to appear in accordance with bail acknowledgment.
The 33-year-old was charged with dealing with property proceeds of crime and goods in personal custody suspected of being stolen.
Hunt after stabbing of man, 22
A POLICE investigation is underway after a man was stabbed at Bass Hill last Tuesday night.
About 10.20pm, a 22-year-old man sought assistance from a bystander in Miller Street for a stab wound.
He was treated on scene before being taken to hospital, where he remains in a stable condition
Police are appealing for anyone with information about this incident to contact Bankstown Police, 97832199 or Crime Stoppers, 1800 333 000.
Assault in car, shooting appeal
DETECTIVES are appealing for information to find the occupants of a white Audi station wagon involved in the shooting of a man at Sefton.
About 11.45pm on Friday, October 2, a 19-year-old man was sitting in the driver’s seat of a vehicle with a 21-year-old male passenger, when a number of men approached the car, pulled him out and shot him.
The passenger-side window was also smashed, causing minor injuries to the older man.
Detectives are looking for a white Audi station wagon with a sunroof, seen in the area at the time of the incident and are appealing for anyone who may have seen it, or who has dashcam footage from the Sefton area on Friday, October 2, from 11pm to 1am the following day is urged to come forward.
No positive drug tests on water
THE NSW Police Marine Area Command handed out 60 infringements and 24 warnings during a proactive police operation on the state’s waterways last weekend, including the Georges River.
Operation Armada was a high-visibility and mobile policing strategy targeting vessels and personal watercraft compliance, with more than 100 officers and 54 police boats deployed, carrying out 120 drug tests and random breath tests on 733 boats and 175 jet skis, and patrolling 210 boat ramps and marinas.
About 60 infringement notices were issued for speeding, not having correct safety equipment, and not wearing life jackets. However, there were no positive drug or alcohol tests.
Superintendent Joseph McNulty, Marine Area Commander, said he was pleased with the result.
“It’s good to see that people are taking safety seriously when it comes to drug and drink driving, that’s a really positive result.
“But I also want to remind the boat users who were fined about the importance of wearing lifejackets, having correct safety equipment and not speeding.
“If you are a skipper, remember you are responsible for the safety of everyone on your boat. If you are a passenger in a boat, wear a life jacket; it will save your life.”
Man, 66, attacked and robbed
POLICE are appealing for information after a 66-year-old man was attacked in Lakemba last September.
Just after 6pm on Monday, September 7, the man was walking on Croydon Street near The Boulevarde at Lakemba, when an unknown man approached him from behind and tripped him over, before stealing his bag containing cash, cigarettes and other personal belongings, and running away on Croydon Street.
The man fell to the ground but was not seriously injured.
Campsie Police are investigating and would like to speak to a man described as being of Mediterranean/Middle Eastern appearance, aged in his 20s, between 175 and 180cm tall, of medium build, unshaven, and with short black hair. He was wearing a black t-shirt, beige shorts and a black face mask pulled down below his nose.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers, 1800 333 000.
