A man will face court after allegedly sending a suspicious package to a business in the state’s west.
Just after 2.30pm on Monday (20 November 2023), a member of public attended Dubbo Police Station to report and hand in a suspicious package, which had been delivered to their place of work.
Police requested the assistance of crews of Fire and Rescue NSW, with a HAZMAT incident declared.
The package was inspected and made safe, with police commencing an investigation into the incident.
Police were called to a business on Wingewarra Street about 10.40am the next morning (Tuesday 21 November 2023), after reports a second package had been received by the business. This was seized for forensic examination.
Following extensive inquiries, officers attached to Orana Mid-Western Police District executed a search warrant at an address on Boothenba Road, Dubbo about 2.30pm where they seized an amount of powder.
A 72-year-old man was arrested at the home and taken to Dubbo Police Station.
He was charged with threaten to contaminate goods with intention to cause economic loss, and make false statement goods contaminated with intention of economic loss.
He was granted conditional bail to appear at Dubbo Local Court on Wednesday 17 January 2024.
