In brief
POLICE are investigating the theft of six firearms after an Armidale home was burgled on Friday night.
A house in Jeffery Street was broken into Between 11.30pm Friday and 1am Saturday, and the firearms taken.
The firearms stolen from the house were a 22-calibre Winchester rifle, a .22 calibre Bruno rifle, a .177 calibre Norinco rifle, a 12-gauge Miroku shotgun and a 12-gauge Browning shotgun.
Police conducted a forensic examination of the home and canvassed nearby residents. They recovered the one firearm, leaving five outstanding.
Detectives from New England Local Area Command are investigating the break-in and urge anyone with information about those responsible for the theft to contact police.
They are keen to hear from anyone with information about the whereabouts of the stolen firearms.
Cutting now open
WORK on the Kempsey Road to repair the Flying Fox Cutting Slip failure is now complete with the road reopened to traffic.
Extensive repairs began in October after heavy rainfall during January 2013.
This caused the river to flood and washed away sections of the embankment supporting the single lane road.
“Council engaged a contractor to construct retaining walls in four locations to provide a stable platform to support the road,” Armidale Dumaresq Council’s works engineer Steve Finch said.
“The works were completed on 9 December, costing over $500,000.”
The road is a single lane gravel road in mountainous terrain, and therefore unsuitable for long vehicles and vehicles towing caravans.
