NSW shooting: body found beside road after shots fired from ute at cars on Pacific Highway

Body found beside road near Pacific Highway outside Port Macquarie but detectives don't yet know if it is linked to ute shootings

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A large-scale manhunt is under way after shots were fired at multiple cars travelling on a major New South Wales highway in the early morning.

Police are hunting for a black Mercedes dual-cab ute seen on the Pacific Highway on the NSW mid-north coast on Thursday.

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