Dane Cavanough: Beenleigh concreter guilty of six offences
A search warrant on the Logan home of a concreting business owner revealed two high-powered guns and steroids, among other items.
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The Logan boss of a concreting business founded earlier this year has been fined $3000 in court after a search warrant on his home uncovered a trove of illegal substances and items, a court has heard.
Chief among them were two unlicensed guns, a semiautomatic rifle and a pump-action shotgun as well as ammunition, steroids and other pharmaceuticals which 40-year-old Beenleigh man Dane Mark Cavanough, owner of Cavanough Concreting, had no authority for.
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Cavanough, represented by Gold Coast lawyer Campbell MacCallum, who is himself no stranger to search warrants (allegedly) uncovering illicit substances, pleaded guilty to six charges following the July 16 search warrant.
They were: authority required to possess explosives (ammunition), possessing dangerous drugs, authority required to possess restricted drugs, authority required to possess controlled drugs, receiving a tainted firearm/ammunition, possessing a Category C weapon (pump-action shotgun) and possessing a Category D weapon (semiautomatic rifle).
Mr MacCallum told the court his client used the weapons for an annual hunting trip to Texas in Queensland with friends.
He stressed the guns were unloaded and stored safely in a locked safe, of which Mr Cavanough had the only key.
He conceded there was “no good reason” for not registering the weapons.
Mr MacCallum told the court his client was a “hardworking, contributing member of society” who owned his own concreting business which employed about five people.
It was accepted by the court there was “nothing sinister” about his possession of the weapons and ammunition, which were nevertheless forfeited.
Cavanough was fined $3000 but spared convictions.