A 23-old woman accused of making multiple bomb threats to public places across the state was arrested in Murwillumbah on Friday.
Tweed/Byron detectives said they’d been investigating a series of alleged hoax bomb threats since March 2025, after one was sent to a school in Murwillumbah.
Australian Federal Police were involved in the investigation, alongside the State Crime Command’s Cybercrime Squad and NSW Department of Education.
Thirteen other hoax bomb threats sent to NSW schools between March 2025 and May 2026 were investigated, as well as two hoax bomb threats sent to airports in NSW and Queensland believed to be linked to the school threats.
Multi-agency investigators carrying out a search warrant at a home on Murwillumbah’s Hall Drive on Friday later said they found and seized multiple electronic devices believed to have been used in the alleged offences.
They arrested a 23-year-old woman before taking her to Tweed Heads Police Station and charging her for fourteen counts of using a carriage service to make a hoax threat and threaten serious harm.
She was also charged for possession of an unregistered and/or prohibited firearm.
She was refused bail over the weekend, pending an initial appearance before the Bail Division Bail Court on Saturday, and was expected to face court again in coming weeks.
Police thanked local schools, teachers and staff for working closely with them during the investigation and evacuation procedures.
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