With a focus on road trauma for this particular time of the year, more than 1000 people were breath tested in Corowa/Rutherglen alone with Corowa and Rutherglen stations simultaneously setting up random breath test sites on both the John Foord Bridge and the Federation Bridge.
“We are happy to say that very few being the Corowa, Mulwala and Rutherglen areas have come under notice for being over the limit,” Corowa Sergeant Stephen Marshall said.
“With NSW Police and Victoria Police working close together again in Corowa and Rutherglen, this signifies a new era in policing this section of the border.
“Traditionally with the influx of tourists to our area, Corowa and Mulwala staff are always busy this time of year, however, with the addition of new staff and Mulwala and Corowa sector operating at near 100 per cent, this has allowed Murray River Police District to roster police to stay in the bigger towns of Mulwala and Corowa providing a 100 per cent greater police presence since COVID.
“This has also allowed police to have a presence on the waterways as well.
“It is this presence that police can attribute to a low number of drink driver detections as well as a minimal number of issues within our licensed premises. In saying this, though, there is always something occurring that requires our attention.”
A brief snapshot of the past two weeks
About 11.30am on Wednesday, December 27, 2023, Corowa Police stopped and searched a 43-year-old male at his vehicle in Vera St, Corowa. Police observed the incorrect plates on the vehicle. The male and his vehicle were subsequently searched with police seizing a small quantity of drugs from the male as well as a large knife in a sheath in the door pocket. The male has been issued with a future court attendance notice to attend Corowa Local Court in the near future.
About 4.45pm on Wednesday, December 27, 2023 Corowa Police and Fire and Rescue were summonsed to an address in Edward St which was on fire. On attendance police closed the road while Fire and Rescue attended to the blaze which appeared to have been caused by an electrical appliance left on in the premises. Thankfully no one was in the house at the time.
About 9.50pm on Wednesday 27 December 2023 Corowa Police were called to the Ball Park caravan Park where a grandfather and his grandson were camping in their caravan. Police and VRA attended the site to find that a large tree had fallen onto the caravan with the grandson trapped inside the caravan. VRA accessed and removed the child from the caravan, and he was later flown to Melbourne Royal Childrens Hospital with fractures to his right arm.
About 11.30pm on December 29, 2023, Corowa Police patrolled the Mulwala Ski Club and observed a 56-year-old male behaving offensively in view of numerous patrons. Police approached the male and obtained his details with the male later receiving an infringement notice for Offensive Conduct.
About 10.15am on Sunday 31 December 2023 a 45-year-old male driver from Clyde North in Victoria was stopped for the purposed of a random breath test in Howlong. The driver tested positive and was taken to Corowa Police Station for the purpose of a breath analysis. Subsequently the male was charged with Mid-Range PCA and issued with a Field Court attendance notice to attend Corowa Local Court on January 25, 2024.
About 9.55pm on December 31, 2023, Mulwala Police pulled over a 56-year-old Victorian female driver for the purpose of a random breath test. The driver tested positive and was taken back to Mulwala Police Station where a breath analysis was conducted. The driver was found to have the low range of prescribed concentration of alcohol in her blood and was issued with a Field Court Attendance Notice to attend Corowa Local Court in the near future.
Later that evening in Mulwala, police patrolling the Mulwala Ski club assisted security when a 20-year-old Mulwala female through a glass at security. The female was arrested for assault and conveyed to Mulwala Police Station in the process assaulting numerous police and resisting. The female has been charged with numerous offences and is due to appear at Finley Local Court on 24 January 2024.
About 6pm on Thursday 4 January 2024 a 26-year-old male from Officer Victoria failed to quit at Mulwala Ski Club. Police from Corowa attended and escorted the male from the premises and issued him with a $550 infringement for failing to quit from a licensed premises.
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