Two men, woman charged over alleged million-dollar gold theft at Coolgardie s Greenfields Mill
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The Greenfields Mill in Coolgardie, Western Australia.
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Three people, including a woman in a senior management position, have been charged in connection to an alleged million-dollar gold theft in Western Australia s Goldfields.
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Three people have been charged over the alleged theft
Police claim 8,465 tonnes of gold-bearing ore was stolen with an estimated value of $1.18 million
The ore was being processed at the Greenfields Mill, located 3km east of the Coolgardie townsite
Detectives from the Kalgoorlie-based Gold Stealing Detection Unit have charged a 73-year-old Geographe man and a 40-year-old man from East Fremantle with stealing as a servant.
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Gold Stealing Detection Unit arrest 25 January The Gold Stealing Detection Unit (GSDU) investigating the potential theft of large quantities of gold bearing ore, executed 9 search warrants at residential and commercial properties in the Kalgoorlie and Busselton areas between December 2020 and January 2021 resulting in the arrest of two men and a woman.
Information obtained during the investigation led GSDU detectives to focus on a toll milling contract at the Greenfields Mill in Coolgardie, where a parcel of 16,931 tonnes of gold bearing ore was processed.
The 16,931 tonnes of ore produced 1,881.8 ounces of gold with an approximate gold value at the time of $3,368,704.00.
Quarantine breacher allegedly claimed he had a sick relative in WA, but just wanted to go fishing: police
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JanJanuary 2021 at 5:52am
A Queensland man travelling in a caravan entered WA via SA and breached quarantine three times.
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Police say the real motive of a 56-year-old Queensland man, who was allowed to enter Western Australia after allegedly telling authorities he needed to care for a sick relative, was to go fishing.
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He breached quarantine laws on three separate occasions between December 21 and 23
He spent 14 days in custody and was fined $1,500 after pleading guilty to the breaches