Burglary gone wrong...

BY JESSICA ROUSE

An attempted burglary didn't end the way the alleged burglar planned when he suffered serious injuries after jumping from the top floor of a two storey home at Wangi Wangi overnight.

Police say the 47-year-old was in the process of trying to break into the home on Dobell Drive at about 9:15 last night when the owners pulled into the driveway.

In a panic, he tried to escape by jumping onto a concrete patio but injured his legs in the process.

The owners detained him until police arrived - he's now at the John Hunter Hospital and is expected to be charged.

Biggest gun heist in Hunter history

BY IAN CROUCH and JESSICA ROUSE

Police have arrested three men over the theft of 40 shotguns and rifles from a Newcastle storage facility last December.

In the biggest gun heist in the Hunter's history, Fairfax Media reports detectives from Strike Force Eddonville have managed to recover at least 33 of the missing guns stolen from a Kennards storage facility in Newcastle West.

Police had feared the weapons could be sold on the black market and end up in the hands of criminals.

The three men now face the courts on a range of charges including burglary and property offences.