Headed up by NSW Police, Operation Amarok XII ran from Wednesday 12 November to Saturday 15 November 2025. The Domestic and Family Violence Command-led operation also involved officers from each regions’ Domestic Violence High Risk Offenders Team (DVHROT), along with specialist officers from Raptor Squad, Youth Command, State Crime Command’s Child Protection Register, Traffic and […]

AN investigation is underway in relation to an Optus communications tower being damaged at Hexham. About 3.15pm on Wednesday 5 November, officers from Newcastle City Police District responded to reports of a communications tower situated along Maitland Road being maliciously damaged. The fibre break impacted Optus customers in Port Stephens, Maitland and surrounding areas. Mobile […]

POLICE last week launched a new high-visibility operation to improve road and pedestrian safety across coastal communities from the Central Coast to Port Stephens. The safety initiative, Operation Shore Safe, is a joint effort between Traffic and Highway Patrol Command and the Northern Region, aimed at improving road and pedestrian safety across these areas during […]

Screenshots from the CCTV footage released by NSW Police. Screenshots from the CCTV footage released by NSW Police. DETECTIVES have released CCTV footage as they appeal for public assistance in relation to an armed hold up that occurred last year. Shortly after 8pm on Thursday 18 April 2024 officers from Port Stephens-Hunter Police District responded […]

NSW POLICE’S Raptor Squad has charged a man following an alleged aggravated robbery in Port Stephens earlier this year. Strike Force Bromsgrove is an investigation by State Crime Command’s Raptor North into a series of aggravated robbery-related incidents in the Nelson Bay area in March 2025. About 5.25am on Thursday 27 March, emergency services were […]

PORT Stephens Hunter Police District welcomed seven new probationary constables last week, who will be stationed at Maitland and Port Stephens police stations. The new recruits were officially welcomed into the NSW Police Force at the Goulburn Police Academy last month. The class of 314 officers was the largest in 13 years, delivering a significant […]

  The car destroyed the shopfront of Lu&Co.   Police attended the scene and the vehicle was towed.   The store’s security cameras show the terrifying moment the car crashed into the store as Courtney’s mother was behind the counter. Photos: Lu&Co Facebook.   The store’s security cameras show the terrifying moment the car crashed […]

THE family of Tinonee resident Scott Hayden is pleading for the public’s help to help locate the missing 46-year-old. Scott was last seen on the evening of 30 May in his car on Thunderbolts Way, Tibbuc. The vehicle was found abandoned the following day, parked on the side of the road near Tibbuc Road. The […]