Organised crime and bikies stealing weapons from central west gun owners

By Ava Benny-Morrison
Updated May 30 2016 - 10:52am, first published May 29 2016 - 7:00am
COUNTRY TARGETED: Jesse Leonard Menzies, 31, was charged with a string of firearm offences in April after he allegedly broke into rural homes and stole guns with a plan to sell them to bikies. Photo: FACEBOOK
COUNTRY TARGETED: Jesse Leonard Menzies, 31, was charged with a string of firearm offences in April after he allegedly broke into rural homes and stole guns with a plan to sell them to bikies. Photo: FACEBOOK

ORGANISED criminals and bikies are using associates to steal from country gun owners to bolster weapon caches, with more than 90 per cent of all stolen firearms in NSW now coming from rural areas.

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