Watch: Police swoop on $235m drug operation in regional Qld
Fourteen people have been arrested in a raid on a sophisticated drug syndicate operation growing 47,000 marijuana plants in 51 greenhouses right beside the Bruce Highway. Watch the video:
Police & Courts
Young man hospitalised after highway car crash
A young man was taken to hospital overnight after his car rolled on the Burnett Highway at Gayndah.
‘I don’t have f—–g Aids’: Dad sprays abuse at Covid nurses
A Bundaberg father’s abusive verbal spray towards public health staff has landed him in a South Burnett Court.
Weapons, drugs, assault: Gympie schools with most police call-outs
Police have handled 114 incidents – some involving weapons at primary schools – in two years at schools across Gympie, the Cooloola Coast and the Mary Valley, new data shows, as the schools responsible for the most call-outs are revealed.
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RAIDS: Kingaroy man busted with 1197 grams of cannabis
Despite possessing over a kilogram of cannabis and cash, a Kingaroy man escaped conviction claiming his drugs were for personal use.
Woman clocked at 145km/h with two year old in back seat
A woman was caught by police doing 45km/h over the speed limit on the Burnett Highway with a two year old child in the vehicle.
‘Momentary inattention’ causes driver to hit oncoming car
A Kingaroy man has been placed on probation after a momentary lapse of attention caused a crash that left a driver trapped in his car with broken ribs and a broken ankle.
CAUGHT: 13 South Burnett fraudsters or thieves named
CREDIT card fraud, fake names, a church burglary; here’s list of the region’s thieves or fraudsters named and shamed.
Serial petrol thief steals fuel from five servos in one week
A MAN has been sentenced in a Kingaroy court to prison time after looping around southeast Queensland without a licence, stealing petrol along the way.
CRIME WRAP: Man used fake name to con local business
FROM fraud offences to drug charges to common assault, here’s what Murgon, Wondai and Cherbourg police have been dealing with.
Jail time handed to fraudster who conned Burnett businesses
THE Wondai fraudster, who conned several Burnett business out of their money, has landed himself a ticket to jail.
COURT: Woman punches mother in head, kicks door into police
A Cherbourg woman has been placed on probation after a drunken rampage, abusing family and assaulting police.
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