On the Beat

Police will be holding a driving crackdown this Thursday, targeting seatbelts, helmets for bike riders and the use of hand-held mobile phones. L- and P-plate drivers will also targeted for driving offences.

Police are investigating a series of break and enters on Lismore businesses over the weekend. Between 12.15pm Saturday and 8.30am Monday a business in Magellan Street, Lismore, had both internal and external walls damaged; a laptop computer was stolen from a business in Club Lane between 7.20pm Sunday and 8am Monday; and entry was forced at a business in Keen Street between 12noon Sunday and 6.30am Monday.

An amplifier, acoustic guitar and macadamia nuts were stolen from a property in Neilson Street, East Lismore, following a break in some time between 12.30pm Saturday and 9am Sunday.

A 30-year-old Goonellabah man was killed when his utility crossed onto the wrong side of the road and collided with oncoming traffic on the Bruxner Highway at Alphadale around 3.20pm on Saturday. A 48-year-old Goonellabah woman was seriously injured when the utility collided with her west-bound car.

Police are warning people about a British email lottery scam. A Ballina couple have received several emails saying they've won £750,000 in a lottery they didn't enter. Police said people should not supply banking or personal details to anyone in order to 'claim' the alleged prize.

Police are investigating the theft of several pushbikes: a mountain bike, valued at $735, stolen from Barrett Drive, Lennox Head between 4pm Sunday and 6am Monday and two pushbikes, valued at $510, from a rear yard in Tamar Street, Ballina, between 9.30pm Friday and 11am Sunday.

A garden hose and reel were stolen from a front yard in Oliver Avenue, Goonellabah, between 10am Saturday and 3.30pm Monday. Any information to Lismore Police on 6623 1599.

With fuel at record prices, Police are warning businesses with on-site fuel storage to take extra precautions. Police are investigating the theft of 3436 litres of fuel taken at varying times from a local depot sometime between Monday, August 15, and Saturday, September 11.

A 26-year-old man was killed in a house fire on a remote property at The Channon on Monday night. Police and Fire Brigade officers were called to the shack around 11.30am Tuesday to find the house had been completely razed and the fire had extinguished itself. They located the charred remains of a man and a post mortem will be held to formally identify him. The circumstances surrounding his death are unknown, but the fire is not being treated as suspicious at this stage. Inquiries are continuing.