Highway patrol officers have seized a car which is believed to have been ‘re-birthed’ on Friday. While patrolling Parker Street at 9.30am, the patrol car’s plate recognition camera detected a black Toyota Hilux.
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Cootamundra Cluster’s officer-in-charge Inspector Frank Brown said the driver was stopped at the airport.
Inspector Brown said “indicating marks” matched the vehicle, however the VIN plate appeared to have been manipulated.
“An inspection of the odometer further indicated abnormalities from RMS records,” he said.
The Hilux will be forensically examined by the State Crime Command.
In other police news;
- At 4.30pm on Friday, police stopped a car for speeding 30 kilometres over the limit at the intersection of Gundagai Road and the Old Gundagai Road. A roadside breath test returned a negative reading, however a roadside drug test returned a positive reading. A secondary drug test at Cootamundra police station returned a positive reading. The driver has been suspended.
- Two young boys entered a supermarket on Parker Street on Monday at 10am. Staff took notice of the two males and observed them in the shop. They were seen to place two items from the shelves under their shirts and then attempted to leave the shop without paying. The supermarket manager attempted to stop the pair, however they fled the shop. Police were called and visited the two boys at their home on Monday, where they made admissions to officers. They will be dealt with under the Young Offenders Act.
Anyone with information for police can contact them at Cootamundra police station on 6942 0099 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
