An unknown person has caused more than $3000 worth of damage to several cars in Merimbula.
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Some time on the evening of Sunday, August 21, tyres on three separate vehicles were slashed while they were in a car park near Mitchies Jetty.
The damage was noticed the following morning and reported to police.
It appears a sharpened object was stabbed into the side walls of the tyres in what is being described as “a low act”. Two tyres on a Pajero, two on a Hilux and all four on a Subaru were slashed, local police said.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Merimbula Police station or 6495 1366 or via Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Meanwhile, a Bega man has pleaded not guilty to the theft of five firearms from a property at South Wolumla.
Matthew Robert Whitby, 19, of Peden St, Bega, faces eight charges including larceny, using or supplying stolen firearms, five counts of possessing an unauthorised firearm and of possessing ammunition without a license, permit or authority.
He appeared in Batemans Bay Local Court on August 19 and was refused bail.
The charges relate to the alleged theft of firearms from a safe on a property at South Wolumla.
The weapons included a Rossi side by side double barrel 12 gauge shotgun, a Winchester 30-30 calibre rifle, a Norica .22 calibre rifle, a Howa 270 calibre rifle and an Iver Johnson .22 calibre rifle.
Officers from Far South Coast Local Area Command made a public appeal for assistance last Wednesday morning, resulting in a number of people coming forward with information.
Police attended two properties at Candelo on Wednesday afternoon, recovering four of the firearms and two boxes of ammunition.
A fifth firearm was located Thursday in bushland east of Candelo.
Whitby will appear by audiovisual link before Bega Local Court on Tuesday, September 13.
Police thanked the community and the media for their assistance and urged anyone else with information to come forward.