Police will use social media – focusing on Facebook and Twitter – to seek information from the community about alleged offenders who may have left their state or territory and are now residing interstate.

Operation Roam promotes the exchange of information, regarding wanted people, between policing jurisdictions across Australia.

This year, Crime Stoppers has compiled a list of 20 wanted people including 28-year-old Thomas Peter Walsh, who is wanted in relation to a drug investigation.

Police will allege Mr Walsh was found in possession of methylamphetamine before it was located in an apartment in South Brisbane on January 5, 2017. Queensland Police have issued a warrant for his arrest. He is believed to be residing in NSW.

Operational Communications and Information Commander, Assistant Commissioner Kyle Stewart, said Operation Roam represents a national joint effort between Crime Stoppers, police and the wider community.

“The community is the key to the success of this operation and we need their support to help us capture some of the country’s most wanted people,” Assistant Commissioner Stewart said.

“We urge anyone in the community to come forward with information if they know something that can make NSW and Australia a safer place,” she said.

More information about wanted people in Operation Roam can be found at crimestoppers.com.au.

Crime Stoppers NSW CEO, Peter Price AM, said police and Crime Stoppers have been conducting ‘wanted’ operations annually for six years now, with great success.

“That success is measured by the arrests that we make – arrests that are only possible with the help of the public; they have been our eyes and ears,” Mr Price said.

Operation Roam was launched in 2011 following the international success of Interpol’s Operation INFRA Red, in which Crime Stoppers and police around the world coordinated a global fugitive hunt.