Police have seized a weapon and what's believed to be methamphetamine during a compliance search in Forbes under a state-wide operation targeting domestic and family violence.
It's alleged police located a modified pole with a knife attached, ammunition and a bag of crystallised substance when they executed a firearm prohibition order compliance search on 15 May.
A 44-year-old man was arrested and taken to Parkes Police Station where he was charged with contravene prohibition/restriction in AVO (DV), possess prohibited drug, acquire ammunition subject to prohibition order, and possess ammunition without holding licence/permit/authority.
He was refused police bail to face local court.
The search was part of a four-day, State-wide operation targeting domestic and family violence that has resulted in police charging 627 people with more than 1300 offences.
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Police laid 1316 charges and conducted 1276 bail compliance checks and 12,926 apprehended domestic violence order (ADVO) compliance checks with a total of 535 breaches identified.
Officers conducted 125 firearms prohibition order (FPO) searches, with 100 firearms and 16 weapons seized.
Domestic and Family Violence Corporate Sponsor, Assistant Commissioner Peter Mckenna, said Amarok X had a focus on protecting young victims with officers from Youth Command attending schools and PCYCs to help educate and engage with young people.
“We know the psychological trauma caused by a child or young person, when they are exposed to domestic and family abuse, can have a lasting effect,” Assistant Commissioner Mckenna said.
“No one – and especially no child – should have to experience violence and should be safe in their own home.
“There have been 160,000 reported incidents of domestic violence in the past 12 months, which is an average of about 438 per day. That is unacceptable and is not tolerated by police or our society.
“The nine previous Amarok operations have proven successful, with more than 5000 offenders arrested and more than 10,000 charges laid.
“We use intelligence to identified offenders who have an increased capability, intent and access to a victim. Our dedicated officers find, arrest and charge these offenders to prevent further incidents.
“We will continue to arrest and charge violent, repeat offenders who disregard their court orders,” Assistant Commissioner Mckenna said.
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 & Highway Patrol Command, and the Police Transport Command.
