Rural Crime Prevention Team - NSW Police Force

04/06/2026

Please be safe on our roads this long weekend.

Have a great one!!! 🤠🙏👍

🚧 Double demerits start at midnight tonight and continue until 11:59pm Monday 8 June.

NSW Police Force will target speeding, mobile phone, seatbelt and motorcycle helmet offences this double demerits period 🚗

04/06/2026

Please help us in never having to deliver another death message for on farm incidents that can be minimised and prevented.

Side‑by‑side vehicle (SSV) safety saves lives.

✅ Buckle up every time
✅ Wear a helmet
✅ Close the doors and cab nets
✅ Never carry passengers in the cargo tray
✅ Make sure everyone is trained to operate a SSV safely
✅ Only carry children who meet both passenger height and weight requirements to ride safely

Crime Stoppers NSW SafeWork NSW

31/05/2026

Appeal for information after 2400 litres of fuel stolen from rural properties – Riverina

Rural crime investigators are appealing for information after several regional properties were targeted in the state’s south earlier this week.

On Tuesday (26 May 2026), police received a report that a large amount of diesel fuel had been stolen from two properties in Gogeldrie, about 48km southeast of Griffith.

Officers attached to the Rural Crime Prevention Team and Murrumbidgee Police District attended and were told 1500 litres of fuel had been stolen from a property on River Road and an additional 900 litres of fuel had been stolen from a truck parked on a property on Brown Road.

Police were further told an additional unknown amount of fuel had been stolen from a tank on the same Brown Road property.

As investigations continue, police are urging anyone with information about these incidents to contact rural crime investigators at Griffith Police Station on 02 6969 4299 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

For a fuel theft in progress or for incidents where vehicles are seen trespassing and hanging around on farm fuel storage facilities, call 000. Alternatively, non-urgent reports of suspicious activity regarding fuel theft or images or CCTV that may assist can be reported via Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Fuel theft can be reported by calling your local Police Station or by calling the Police Assistance Line on 131 444. 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.

28/05/2026

Stolen fuel? Please speak up.

Help us call time on rural crime.

Have a great weekend and be safe on our roads and farms.

Crime Stoppers NSW

Help us call time on rural crime.

Last year, tips and reports led to arrests, drug seizures, and the return of stolen property in rural communities.

Stolen fuel, machinery, fi****ms and Livestock theft, illegal hunting, illegal fishing, poaching, trespassing and vandalism are ALL criminal offences.

If you’re a victim, report it to NSW Police Force Community Portal or PAL [Police Assistance Line] 131 444

Seen something? Have info? We don’t need your name, just what you know nsw.crimestoppers.com.au or 1800 333 000

👉 Tell a friend who needs to know.

Rural Crime Prevention Team - NSW Police Force

28/05/2026

Cobar Police in the Central North Police District are requesting the public’s assistance to locate the owner of the pictured Kubota RTV side by side that was recovered on the 27th of May 2026 from a residential premises in Cobar.

If you can assist, please contact Cobar Police on 02 6830 9899 or Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000 or via https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au

25/05/2026

🚜 Selling or buying sheep or goats through private sale? Here’s what you need to know... 🐑🐐

Buying a sheep or goat...

You will need:
• A Property Identification Code (PIC)
• An NLIS database account
• A movement document from the seller.

Selling a sheep or goat...

You will need:
• To apply the correct species eID device to the animal
• A correctly completed valid movement document (NVD/TSS) to provide to the buyer
• For sheep and goats born after 1 January 2025, an NLIS approved eID tag is mandatory
• Make sure stock eID details are transferred promptly to their new property in the NLIS database. This is the responsibility of the stock buyer/receiver.

👉 See our 8-step guide to moving and selling sheep and goats for more detail - https://bit.ly/4tahLyc

Staying compliant keeps traceability strong and protects the whole industry. ✔️

For more information on the NSW Government's sheep and goat eID program visit www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/eid

23/05/2026

Man charged after teen injured during firearm discharge – Upper Manilla - Oxley Police District

A man has been charged after a firearm was discharged allegedly injuring a teenage boy last month.

About 1.30am on Monday 27 April 2026, police were called to a Tamworth Hospital following reports a person presented with gunshot injuries.

The Rural Crime Prevention Team - NSW Police Force were told a 14-year-old boy suffered injuries after a firearm allegedly discharged while travelling in a car on a property on Borah Road, Manilla.

NSW Ambulance paramedics treated the boy at the scene for non-life-threatening injuries before he was flown to John Hunter Hospital for further treatment.

Following inquiries, on Friday 22 May 2026, Rural Crime Investigators and attached to the Rural Crime Prevention Team - NSW Police Force attended a property on Borah Road, Manilla.

Investigators spoke with a 50-year-old man, who was issued a Court attendance Notice and charged with fire firearm manner likely to injure and give firearm to person not authorised.

Three fi****ms were also seized, and the man’s fi****ms licence has been suspended.

He will appear before Tamworth Local Court on Monday 6 July 2026

22/05/2026

One of the worst parts of this job when the police are required to deliver a death message to a loved one, especially when there were ways and means to avoid the tragedy occurring in the first place.

Side‑by‑side vehicle (SSV) safety saves lives.
Please:

✅ Buckle up every time
✅ Wear a helmet
✅ Close the doors and cab nets
✅ Never carry passengers in the cargo tray
✅ Make sure everyone is trained to operate a SSV safely
✅ Only carry children who meet both passenger height and weight requirements to ride safely

A $1,000 rebate is available to eligible farmers to improve SSV safety.
👉 Learn more: https://www.safework.nsw.gov.au/.../side-by-side-vehicle...

22/05/2026

The Rural Crime Prevention Team - NSW Police Force recommends these workshops to assist you target harden your farm; there are many great resources available to you.

Great work Farms of the Future NSW Agriculture

Crime Stoppers NSW NSW Farmers