POLICE arrested a 41-year-old woman on Sunday morning after a she was reported breaking into a fenced-off area around a generator, a fuel cell containing about 1000 litres of diesel fuel and a phone tower control box at the Gordon playing fields.

Police arrived at the scene about 7.20am and located the woman nearby.

After she was arrested, a police search located two kitchen knives, a fire starter and flammable chemicals, gloves and industrial electrical fuses.

There was extensive damage to the generator, its fuel storage pod, an electricity meter and other property at the site. Both the generator and nearby mobile phone tower are inoperable.

The Gordon woman faces the Magistrates Court on Monday, charged with three counts of property damage, possessing a knife without a reasonable excuse and possession of stolen property. Further charges may be laid in the future regarding the interruption to the mobile-phone network.