A 46-year-old woman has been charged with more than 50 offences over an alleged fraud involving an elderly woman in a nursing home in the Camden area.
Officers attached to Camden Police Area Command were alerted in October and commenced an investigation relating to the alleged fraud of an 89-year-old woman.
On Monday, police arrested a 46-year-old woman at the same nursing home.
She was taken to Camden police station where she was charged with 52 offences.
They include dishonestly obtain financial advantage by deception (35 counts), larceny and drive whilst disqualified (16 counts) and stealing.
She was refused bail to appear in Moss Vale Local Court on Tuesday, where bail was formally refused, to appear in the same Court on January 14 next year.
Police will allege in court the accused stole more than $18,000 in 311 fraudulent transactions from the older woman while caring for her at the nursing home.
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In a separate incident, two men have been charged over alleged drug supply offences following a vehicle stop at Catherine Field yesterday.
Officers from Camden Police Area Command proactive crime team stopped the driver of a white Toyota van on Camden Valley Way at Catherine Field.
Following a search of the vehicle, police allegedly located three large plastic storage bags in the rear of the van.
Inside these bags were 40 clear vacuum sealed bags, containing approximately 22.14 kilograms of cannabis.
The street value of the cannabis is approximately $180,000.
The 33-year-old male driver and 27-year-old passenger were arrested and taken to Narellan Police Station.
Both men were charged with supply prohibited drug and possess prohibited drug.
They were both refused bail to appear at Campbelltown Local Court today (Wednesday).
