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Andreas Nicola is a crime reporter for The Courier-Mail. He was previously a general reporter for the Courier Mail and before that he worked as a journalist at the Cairns Post.

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PNG Rebels' Peter Labi fends off a defender in the Mudcrabs Summer 7s rugby series, held at the Crabpot, Yorkeys Knob. PICTURE: BRENDAN RADKE

Former Cairns AFL player pleads guilty to common assault

A former AFL player who was screaming at his partner in the street assaulted a good Samaritan who tried to help, a court has heard.

Cairns

Busted: 15 Far North meth, coke, pot and MDMA traffickers exposed

Regardless of how many people get locked away for dealing drugs, there’s a constant appetite for mind-altering substances in the Far North. Here are some of the drug traffickers to most recently wind up in the dock in the Cairns courthouse.

Cairns

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‘Frozen in fear’: Trial starts for man who allegedly shot rifle

A man who prosecutors say got into his car while drinking after a fight with his wife allegedly shot a rifle outside their Redlynch home more than five times, a court heard on the first day of his trial. Read what happened in court.

Cairns

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Man charged over Mareeba fires applies for bail

The 37-year-old man who allegedly lit more than 10 fires near Mareeba has applied for bail again at Mareeba Magistrates Court. Find out what happened in court.

Cairns

REVEALED: New statistics pinpoint main reasons for fatal FNQ crashes

Drivers who think their remote location means they are entitled to ignore a key traffic rule are causing carnage on Far North roads, according to police.

Cairns

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Taxi driver used Snapchat to groom, sexually assault teens

A Cairns taxi driver groomed teenage girls by plying them with nangs, alcohol and money before sexually assaulting two of them. Here’s what happened in court.

Cairns

Traffic stopped leading up to a multiple vehicle crash on the Kennedy Highway in Mareeba.

Man dies after single-vehicle car crash

A 63-year-old man has died after his car left a Far North road and rolled. Find out what happened.

Cairns

Arkadiy Statsenko & Christina Barnes at the new Treetop Adventure Cape Tribulation. PIcture: Supplied.

Far North adventure park’s grand opening after shock closure

The new bosses of an adventure park that closed and was redeveloped after the death of a South Australian tourist have a message for people ahead of its grand opening.

Cairns

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Aeroglen woman, 88, woken to find her house being robbed

Police are investigating a break and enter in the home of an elderly Aeroglen resident who woke to find the intruder in action. Read more

Cairns

‘Drug retailing is not my forte bro’: NDIS recipient sentenced

An unemployed NDIS recipient was caught by security pushing drugs at a popular Cairns nightclub, a court has heard. Find out his punishment here.

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