NATIONAL NEWS: Man Charged for Allegedly Stealing Over $600,000 Worth of Unreleased Bluey Coins

7 August 2024

A 47-year-old man is set to face court today, charged by Robbery and Serious Crime Squad detectives for allegedly stealing and selling unreleased limited edition Bluey coins from a warehouse in Sydney’s west earlier this year.

On Monday, 12 July 2024, police received a report of a significant currency theft from a warehouse in Wetherill Park. Officers from the Fairfield City Police Area Command arrived at the scene and were informed that 63,000 unreleased limited edition $1 Bluey coins, produced by the Australian Mint, had been stolen.

The State Crime Command’s Robbery and Serious Crime Squad initiated an investigation under Strike Force Bandit. Following extensive inquiries, strike force detectives executed a search warrant at a property in Sefton at approximately 7:25 am on Wednesday, 31 July 2024. During the search, detectives seized 189 unreleased limited edition Bluey coins and several electronic devices.

Further investigations led strike force detectives, with assistance from the Raptor Squad, to execute another search warrant at a home in Westmead at about 7:00 am today (Wednesday, 7 August 2024), where they arrested the 47-year-old man. He was taken to Granville Police Station and charged with three counts of break and enter to commit a serious indictable offence.

The accused was refused bail and will appear before Parramatta Local Court today. Police will allege in court that the man, an employee at the warehouse, located and stole the Australian Mint packages from the back of a truck on Sunday, 23 June 2024. They further allege he sold the coins online just hours after stealing them, with the coins now being sold online for ten times their face value.

Investigations under Strike Force Bandit are ongoing.

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