Man charged over bribing police at Barmah bridge

By Ivy Jensen

Sep 5, 2020

A MAN has been charged over allegedly attempting to bribe a police officer at the NSW/Victoria border yesterday.

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Just before 2pm Friday, a vehicle was stopped by NSW Police at the Barmah Bridge checkpoint.

Officers spoke with the driver, a 66-year-old man, and requested his border permit to enter NSW.

Police will allege in court the man could not provide a valid permit and instead offered an envelope with $1000 to the officer.

The Victorian man was arrested and taken to Deniliquin Police Station, where he was charged with give/offer bribe to member of NSW Police.

He was granted strict conditional bail and is due to appear before Moama Local Court on November 4.

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