Two men charged over alleged $500,000 opal theft
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Two men have been extradited from Victoria and charged as part of an ongoing investigation into the alleged theft of opals valued at more than $500,000 during a home invasion in the Illawarra earlier this year.
Four people allegedly entered a home at the Princes Highway, Albion Park Rail, and demanded opal stones from the residents shortly after 1am on February 10.
Following extensive investigations, detectives from Victoria Police arrested two men, aged 28 and 27, during a vehicle stop at St Kilda about 3pm on Wednesday.
04:44 EDT, 24 April 2021
A woman will face court accused of stabbing a teenager at the wheel of his car during an apparent ambush attack after the pair met online.
Police say the 19-year-old drove to a street at Casula, in Sydney s southwest, to meet a woman he had been communicating with on social media, on Thursday night.
As she entered the passenger seat, however, three armed men approached the rear of the Subaru.
The girl who stabbed a 19 year old driver at Casula was refused bail and appeared at Parramatta Local Court on Saturday
As the youth accelerated to escape, the woman allegedly produced a knife and stabbed him in the stomach.
Man stabbed at social media meetup, cops say A man has allegedly been attacked by a woman after a social media meetup took a sinister turn.
Crime by Gerard Cockburn 24th Apr 2021 10:29 AM A woman has been charged after allegedly stabbing a man in the stomach in Sydney s southwest. On Thursday about 8.40pm, the woman entered a 19-year-old man s car on Fitzpatrick Crescent in Casula after the pair had been communicating through social media. Authorities allege the woman stabbed the man after she entered the passenger seat of his Subaru as three other men armed with weapons approached the car from behind.