NSW:Men nabbed over multi-mill projector haul

AAP General News (Australia)
12-01-2010
NSW:Men nabbed over multi-mill projector haul

SYDNEY, Dec 1 AAP - Four men have been arrested in Sydney over the theft of projectors
worth millions of dollars from a Queensland warehouse.

Five hundred Infocus home theatre and audio/visual projectors, valued at $2.5 million,
were stolen from a Brisbane company in June 2010.

Detectives formed Strike Force Kogo in September 2010 after inquiries revealed the
projectors had been located in Sydney.

Shortly after 8am (AEDT) on Wednesday, police arrested a 34-year-old man at his fortified
Bellevue Hill home.

About two hours later, a 44-year-old Condell Park man was arrested at Bankstown Police
Station and a 33-year-old man turned himself in to Newtown Police.

Shortly after midday, the alleged principal of the group, a 39-year-old man from Rhodes,
was arrested by detectives at a house in Burwood.

All four men remain in police custody and are expected to be charged later in the day
with receiving stolen property and participating in a criminal group.

Police expect more arrests over the theft.

Surry Hills RES Commander, Detective Inspector Gavin Wood, said more than 160 stolen
projectors had been recovered from a number of locations across Sydney, including a storage
facility in Marrickville and a second one in Auburn.

"We are still making inquiries into the location of those stolen goods still outstanding,"

he said in a statement on Wednesday.

"These are very expensive projectors valued at around $5000 each and we suspect a number
may already have been sold off."

Anyone with any knowledge or information regarding this alleged theft is urged to contact police.

AAP tr/bwl

KEYWORD: PROJECTORS (PIX AND VIDEO AVAILABLE)

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