Premium Content A Northern NSW man charged over an alleged robbery has been refused bail. Jarrod Steven Skimmings, 36, from Tweed Heads South, faced Byron Bay Local Court via video link from a cell at Tweed Heads Police Station on Monday. Defence solicitor Riley Owen lodged not guilty pleas on Mr Skimmings behalf to charges of robbery and possessing implements to enter or drive a conveyance and committing a Section 114 offence having a previous conviction. Police will allege he robbed Andrew McPherson of his wallet and mobile phone in Tweed Heads South shortly before midnight on January 1 this year. He is further alleged to have possessed a key belonging to a vehicle on January 8.
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Subscriber only A search of a North Coast home has allegedly uncovered a stash of drugs and ammunition. As part of Strike Force Glaze, an investigation team formed in September to investigate the supply of firearms and prohibited drugs in the region, detectives stopped a car in Tweed Heads about 10.10am on Tuesday. A 43-year-old male passenger was spoken to and searched. Police said was found with more than $1000 in cash A short time later, officers executed a Weapons Prohibition Order search at a home on Anne St in Chinderah, where they seized cannabis, methylamphetamine, ammunition, firearm parts and mobile phones.
A Lismore mother has been sentenced after pleading guilty to supplying a prohibited drug after she was targeted by a local police operation looking into the supply of methylamphetamine. Ashleigh Aitken, 30, pleaded guilty to supplying 49.75 grams of methylamphetamine between April 8 to 22 this year. Operation Braun Beck, launched by police in January 2020, identified Aitken as being involved in the supply of prohibited drugs in Ballina and Goonellabah, according to court documents. Court records show a series of text messages between Aitken and her co-accused discussing the supply of methylamphetamine, which is a prohibited substance and Xanax, which is a restricted substance under the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act.