A man will face Court after being charged with stealing plaques from the Tweed Heads Lawn Cemetery earlier this month.
On Tuesday 20 August 2024, officers from Tweed/Byron Police District commenced an investigation into the alleged theft of more than 100 metal plaques from headstones from a cemetery on Kirkwood Road, Tweed Heads South.
Though the plaques were found at the cemetery the following day, police continued the investigation into the theft.
Following inquiries police arrested a 44-year-old man at Murwillumbah on Friday and he was taken to Tweed Heads Police Station.
He was charged with wilfully damage or deface any Protected Place, stealing of 102 copper plaques from gravestones, malicious damage & possess prohibited drug.
The man was refused bail to appear at Tweed Heads Local Court.
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