AN 18-year-old man has been charged with 17 offences, with 11 of the charges relating to an incident on Jones Avenue in Moree where a police vehicle was allegedly rammed.

The alleged incident occurred at 3.30am on Sunday, June 22, with charges including take and drive conveyance; never licensed; use offensive weapon prevent lawful apprehension; use offensive; weapon in company to commit indictable offence; intimidate police officer in execution of duty; drive recklessly/furiously; fail to stop and assist after impact cause injury; police pursuit – two counts – and hinder or resist police officer in the execution of duty.

The same teenager was charged in relation to an incident on February last year, when the 18-year-old allegedly tried to ram a police vehicle in Greenbah Road, Moree, at about 2am.

He was charged with take and drive conveyance (two counts); drive recklessly, furiously or speed in a manner dangerous; use offensive weapon to prevent lawful apprehension; drive recklessly/furiously; use offensive weapon in company w/i to commit indictable offence; and intimidate police officer in execution of duty.

He was refused bail to appear before Moree Local Court Today, July 7.

Ten people have been charged with 30 offences under Operation Soteria in the state’s north-west.

Operation Soteria is a strategic initiative focusing on aggravated break, enter and steal offences, stealing motor vehicles, and ‘post and boast’ offences where social media is used to gain notoriety.

Operation Soteria co-ordinates the response to this form of offending and takes overall command and control of criminal investigations into crimes of this nature across northern and western New South Wales Police regions.

Surge operations are also run in conjunction with officers from the Youth Command as part of a co-ordinated program of engagement with at-risk youth by facilitating participation in programs and activities aimed at deterring and redirecting youth from criminal activity.

A three-day Surge operation ran between Thursday, July 3 and Saturday, July 5 in the New England Police District, focusing on crime hot spots and maintaining a high-visibility public presence aimed at reassuring the communities of the Northern and Western Regions.

Officers conducted twenty-six bail compliance checks, fifteen person searches, and ten apprehended domestic violence order compliance checks.

Additionally, Traffic and Highway Patrol officers issued forty-five Infringement notices, conducted 823 random breath tests, and charged three people for drink driving-related offences, with 18 people returning positive roadside drug tests.

Officers from the Youth Command conducted twenty-six engagement visits of known youth, with more than 100 youth participating in Youth Command’s PCYC U-Nite program.

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