Police across the western region have executed 33 warrants during a week-long operation targeting a listed of 'wanted individuals' in relation to a range of offences.

The State Intelligence Command launched Operation Persistence in May this year and continues to work with police commands across the state to locate individuals wanted on outstanding warrants.

Between Monday 1 May 2023 and Friday 5 May 2023, the operation mobilised officers attached to all seven Western Region police districts with assistance from specialist units.

Officers proactively door-knocked and appealed to the public for assistance to locate wanted individuals.

The warrants related to offences including domestic violence, knife, property, traffic, break and enter, and assaults.

A number of arrests of note relate to alleged offenders in towns across the western plains.

On Monday 1 May 2023, a 30-year-old man wanted on break and enter offences – alleged to have occurred at a quarry – was arrested at a home Brewarrina.

The man was charged with break & enter house steal value less than or equal to $60,000 and enter inclosed land not prescribed premises without lawful excuse.

He was refused bail to appear before Bourke Local Court on Thursday 22 June 2023.

Around 3.30pm on Tuesday 2 May 2023, police attended a home on Denman Street, Bourke, conducting inquiries into a man wanted on three outstanding warrants all relating domestic violence (DV) offences.

A 33-year-old man was arrested and taken to Bourke Police Station. He was brought before the court charged with aggravated break and enter & commit serious indictable offence, two counts of contravene prohibition/restriction in AVO (DV), three counts of stalk/intimidate intend fear physical etc harm (DV), three counts of common assault (DV), and destroy or damage property (DV).

On Tuesday 28 March 2023, police executed a search warrant on a vacant property at Young Street, Lithgow, seizing a modified single shot firearm during the search.

Operation Commander, Assistant Commissioner Brett Greentree, said police will continue to target those outstanding offenders wanted on arrest warrants.

“Despite our week of action concluding, proactive policing continues 24 hours a day. If you do the wrong thing, you can expect a knock at your door,” Assistant Commissioner Greentree said.

“I would like to thank the public for supporting our appeals and coming forward with information – either directly to use or via Crime Stoppers – as it’s that information that helps us hold these people to account.”