A 14-year-old boy has been granted conditional bail following a police pursuit in in Moree at the weekend.

Officers attached to New England Police District were conducting random breath testing in Moree at about 6.10am Saturday, June 20, when a sedan failed to stop as directed.

A pursuit was initiated, with the vehicle continuing through several residential streets before it collided with an electricity pole on Anne Street.

No injuries were reported.

The driver – a 14-year-old boy – allegedly fled from the vehicle into a nearby unit complex.

Officers arrested the teen at a nearby residence and took him to Moree Police Station, where he was charged with police pursuit – not stop – drive at speed, never licensed person drive vehicle on road, and breach of bail.

He appeared before a children’s court on Saturday, where he was granted conditional bail to reappear before a children’s court on Thursday, July 23.

Meanwhile, police are appealing for information after a man was shot multiple times with a nail gun at a property at Tamworth at the weekend.

Emergency services were called to a home on Goonoo Goonoo Road, Tamworth, shortly before 11pm Saturday with reports of an assault.

Officers attached to Oxley Police District arrived and found a man in his 40s with nail gun wounds to his face, chest and hand.

The man was taken to Tamworth Hospital by NSW Ambulance paramedics for treatment of a fractured skull, lacerations to his head, and puncture wounds.

Police were told a group of people stole cash from the man.

Following extensive inquiries, shortly before midday yesterday, detectives executed a search warrant at a unit on Anne Street, South Tamworth, where they seized nail strips for a nail gun and electronic devices.

As police continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident, they are urging anyone with information – or CCTV/dashcam or mobile phone footage that relates – to contact Tamworth Police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au. Information is managed on a confidential basis. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.