A TAMWORTH man is behind bars, accused of conspiracy to kidnap in Tamworth, and targeting a local wrecking yard.
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Jamie Murray's charges were mentioned in Tamworth Local Court on Tuesday by his Legal Aid lawyer before they were adjourned without pleas.
Magistrate Julie Soars made an order for Murray, who lives in Oxley Vale, to appear in court when the case returns this week.
The now 40-year-old faces a charge of conspiracy to kidnap a person in company with intent to obtain an advantage.
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It's the detectives case that Murray conspired with another man to kidnap an associate and assault him.
He's also accused of four other counts of entering a building with intent to commit an indictable offence; three counts of larceny; five charges of destroying or damaging property; and one of trespassing.
Police also allege the man broke into the wrecking yard on four occasions to steal various car parts from the vehicles inside.
Strike Force Girrawheen was launched by Oxley detectives more than six months ago in the wake of a spate of rural crime offences in and around Tamworth.
Several break-ins at a wrecking yard were believed to be linked to the police probe.
The strike force then made a breakthrough this week and officers travelled to Newcastle Police Station where Murrary was arrested shortly before midday on Monday. He was charged with the string of offences and remains in custody.
"Further arrests are expected as part of the investigation, which has been ongoing in Tamworth for more than six months," Oxley Detective Inspector Jason Darcy told the Leader.
"Oxley police continue to work with the state's Rural Crime Prevention Team to focus on rural crime offences in and around the Oxley Police District.
"We continually seek assistance from the public on persons seen on property that they're not lawfully entitled to be on.
"Whether it is suspicious vehicles, stealing goods or people illegally hunting, police want to know about it, and collecting all that intelligence on people suspected of being involved in these offences can held lead to arrests because it helps us to join the dots."
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