SA police news: Nearly $200k found in drug bust | Man charged with attempted murder over stabbing
Almost $200,000 has been found in a drug bust across two houses in the north western suburbs.
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Rolling South Australia police and emergency services news starting Sunday, 28 February.
FRIDAY, MARCH 5
BIG MONEY AND DRUGS FOUND IN SEARCHES
Three people have been arrested and more than $190,000 seized in a north western suburbs drug bust.
Police, STAR Group officers and the dog squad searched two homes in Kilburn and Woodville Gardens on Wednesday, finding the cash – along with 1g of cocaine, 1g of heroin and drug paraphernalia.
A 65-year-old man and 21-year-old woman, both from Kilburn, and a 59-year-old woman from Woodville Gardens were arrested.
The Kilburn duo were charged with three counts of drug trafficking and three counts of money laundering.
The Woodville Gardens woman was charged with four counts of drug trafficking and three counts of money laundering.
She and the Kilburn man were refused bail, while the 21-year-old woman was granted bail to appear in court at a later date.
MAN CHARGED OVER STABBING AT WINGFIELD
A man has been charged after he allegedly stabbed a man known to him at Wingfield on Thursday night.
Police arrived on Graham Street to find a man with stab wounds to his back about 8.30pm.
He was rushed to hospital in a stable condition.
A 36-year-old Wingfield man was arrested at the scene and has been charged with attempted murder.
The man has been refused bail and will appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Friday.
Forensic Response officers have examined the scene.
Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
THURSDAY, MARCH 4
POLICE ARREST MAN OVER MANNUM CRASH
A driver who allegedly fled from an accident which left his car torn in half and another motorist in hospital has been arrested.
Police had been looking for the man since the collision on Neil Street, Mannum, about 1.30pm.
A police patrol had done a U-turn to follow a red Ford Falcon which was being driven erratically.
They found the badly damaged Ford shortly afterwards on nearby Belvedere Road, where it had crashed into a Honda and a Stobie pole.
The impact was so intense the Ford was torn in half.
The driver of the Honda, a 60-year-old Mannum man, was taken to the Mannum Hospital with minor injures.
The driver of the Ford fled the scene before police arrived.
Police arrested a 19-year-old man on Thursday evening who is believed to have been the driver.
He was charged with serious traffic offences including dangerous driving to escape police and failing to stop after a crash.
The man is expected to face Mount Barker Magistrates Court on Friday, possibly by video link from Murray Bridge Magistrates Court.
The driver is allegedly the fourth person involved in hit-run crashes in Adelaide in recent days.
Anyone with information on the crash should call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3
WATER MAIN BURSTS ON SOUTH RD
A water main has burst at St Marys, on South Road, reducing traffic to one lane each way.
SA Water says one lane is open each way near Norrie Avenue as crews undertake “complex” repair work that is expected to go late into the evening.
Motorists are asked to find a different route.
Some residents and businesses are without water
TUESDAY, MARCH 2
COPS WARN OF INTRICATE ATO SCAM
Police are warning people of an intricate scam which robbed a victim of a significant amount of money by a person posing as a police officer in Clare last month.
A Clare local received a call from a person stating they were from the ATO, saying the victim had multiple fraudulent bank accounts, before threatening to seize their assets.
The resident did not believe the caller but disclosed they were from Clare during the call.
A short time later, the victim answered a call from a phone number the same as the Clare Police Station. The caller, posing as a police officer, convinced the victim to withdraw money from their bank account and deposit it into another fraudulent account. The victim lost a significant amount of money which was likely transferred to an overseas account and is near impossible to recover.
Police are warning people to be wary of scammers pretending to be members of the ATO and police, and say government agencies would never ask for payments or bank transactions over the phone.
“SAPOL are also seeing a recent trend in relation to ATO scams, with the scammers moving away from gift cards, and actually providing BSB and account details for victims to transfer money into,” a police spokesman said.
Find out more on current scams at ato.gov.au/scams
CAR DRIVES INTO CHIRO CLINIC AT ROSTREVOR
Business owners are relieved no one was injured after a car crashed into a chiropractor at Rostrevor on Monday morning.
A woman believed to have put her foot on the accelerator instead of the brake drove into the front window of Connective Chiropractic on St Bernards Road just before 12pm Tuesday.
No-one was injured in the incident.
Business owner Susan Logan, whose husband Dr Bill Logan is the practice chiropractor, said she was relieved no one was injured.
“It could’ve been much worse,” Ms Logan said.
She said the clinic does not open until 3pm on a Tuesday.
“And that was lucky, because we usually have patients sitting up against the window (where the car crashed).”
Police and State Emergency Services rushed to the scene where they will remain while the front of the shop is boarded up.
Ms Logan said they would continue to trade so long as it was safe to do so.
“We will just keep on keeping on.”
MASSIVE OIL SPILL CREATES CHAOS
Several cars lost control on Tapleys Hill Road after about 100 litres of oil was spilt on the bitumen.
Multiple cars were reported as having lost control southbound on Tapleys Hill Road, near Grange Road in Fulham Gardens, before 9.30am on Tuesday.
Police said the “significant” spill of motor oil had left a large number of cars unable to move after their tyres and breaks were covered in oil.
Others slid off the road and lost control.
One collision was reported to Henley Beach Police Station.
Traffic had to be diverted around the intersection for several hours while police blocked off the area and the oil spill was cleaned.
It is not yet known what caused the spill.
MAN ASSAULTED IN THE CITY
A man has been assaulted in the city in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
The 40-year-old Adelaide man was assaulted in Whitmore Square at about 12.15am.
He was treated by paramedics and later taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The victim and suspect are known to each other.
MONDAY, MARCH 1
TRUCKIE CHARGED OVER REDHILL FATAL CRASH
A man has been charged following an investigation into a fatal crash in the state’s Mid North last year.
A truck crashed into a Mitsubishi on the Augusta Highway, just outside of Redhill, on Sunday December 27.
The driver of the car, a 30-year-old Seaton woman, died at the scene.
A short time before the crash, a grass fire broke out in a nearby paddock that was not deemed suspicious. The truck driver, a 67-year-old Davoren Park man, was arrested and charged with causing death by dangerous driving and driving without due care. He will appear in court in April.
In a separate incident, an 85-year-old Kapunda man has died in hospital after a crash last month.
The car hit a tree on Bethel Road at Kapunda about midday Thursday, February 18. The man died in hospital on Friday, February 26.
BITUMEN BANDITS TARGET THE REGIONS
Residents are being warned of dodgy tradies, known as the bitumen bandits, who have targeted regional South Australia as well as other outer suburbs in recent months.
The Consumer Business Services Commissioner Dini Soulio said since the start of the year there have been eight reports of consumers that were approached by people presenting as tradies, and offering to do unsolicited bitumen work.
The reports have come from both residential and commercial property owners particularly in the north including Nuriootpa, Pooraka, Edinburgh North, One Tree Hill, Moppa, Ramco, Clare, as well as Lonsdale.
“The present indications are that it may be two or three separate groups of tradies preying consumers, primarily in regional areas and outer suburbs,” Mr Soulio said.
The tradies go door-to-door and offer to do bitumen work for a discounted price.
“They’re not licensed and will often demand payment well in excess of what they had originally quoted. Also, more often than not the work is substandard and will need to be redone.”
Mr Soulio urged people to report anyone offering to do unsolicited work.
“At least two consumers have paid a total of more than $20,000 to these unscrupulous operators, which demonstrates just how easy it is to be taken in by these people.”
DRIVER FLEES CRASH AT KLEMZIG
A man has fled a crash that left a woman in hospital at Klemzig on Monday morning.
The single-car accident caught the attention of police at 3.45am, with patrols arriving to find a passenger in a Ford sedan with serious injuries and the driver missing.
‘DRUNK’ MAN ARRESTED AFTER CRASH AND BURNOUTS
A man who crashed his ute after doing burnouts has been caught at nearly four times the legal alcohol limit, after being picked up by a driver also drink-driving at Nairne, police say.
The man crashed his Ford ute on Sydney Road at about 6.30pm on Sunday night after allegedly doing burnouts near a football oval.
The ute was left undriveable after it crashed into a drain.
The driver of the ute was picked up by a friend in a Holden ute, before the pair were stopped by police on Prescott Street at Mount Torrens shortly after.
The Ford driver, a 22-year-old Mount Torrens man, returned an alleged alcohol reading of 0.180, almost four times the legal limit.
His mate and Holden ute driver, a 25-year-old Mount Pleasant man, allegedly blew just over the legal limit at 0.052.
It was an expensive pick-up for the man, who was issued an $847 fine and four demerit points.
The Ford driver was reported for misuse of a motor vehicle and drink driving.
He will be summonsed to appear in court at a later date and was issued with an immediate 12 month loss of licence.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28
SEATON GRAFFITI SPREE
Cars and fences were attacked in an expletive-laden graffiti spree in Seaton between Saturday and Sunday.
The vandalism, on Morley Road, occurred between 9pm on Saturday and 8am Sunday.
Police were called on Sunday morning and assessed the damage.
Anyone who saw suspicious activity in the area is asked to contact Crime Stoppers.
CAR FLIPS AFTER CRASH AT NEWTON
A driver has had a lucky escape after flipping her car in Newton on Sunday morning.
Police were called to the rollover, at the intersection of Montacute Road and Forest Avenue, just before midday.
Ambulance and MFS crews were also called to the scene shortly after.
It is understood the black Mitsubishi collided with another car before it rolled.
The driver of the flipped car, a 37-year-old Rostrevor woman, escaped the crash with minor injuries and was taken to hospital for treatment.
Both cars had to be towed from the scene.
Police are investigating the circumstances of the crash.
SECOND FIRE AT HOUSE IN A WEEK
A Glandore home has been hit with fire for the second time in a week – this time causing extensive damage.
The fire was extinguished when firefighters arrived about 5am on Sunday, but not before it caused $100,000 worth of damage to the Albion Avenue property.
No one was home at the time of the fire.
Fire cause investigators believe the fire to be suspicious.
A 41-year-old man was arrested for arson after another fire at the same property late on Wednesday night.
That fire caused significant internal damage and the man was bailed to appear in court in June.
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