Police uncover drugs, firearms at Moreton campsite, arrest two people
Police have made two arrests and uncovered a stash of guns, meth, jewellery and cash at a secluded campsite, accessible only by boat, just north of Brisbane.
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Police have uncovered a stash of guns, meth, jewellery and cash at a secluded campsite, accessible only by boat, just north of Brisbane.
Officers from the Moreton Tactical Crime Squad and Brisbane Water Police and the Queensland Fisheries have arrested two people following the discovery.
About 8.20am on Wednesday, September 20, police went to a makeshift camp on Burpengary Creek, adjacent to Uhlmann Rd at Burpengary East.
The camp was accessible only by boat.
They found a 26-year-old Kallangur man and a 22-year-old Bracken Ridge woman who had been staying in a tent at the site.
Police searched the camp where it was alleged they found firearms, drugs, jewellery and cash.
It was alleged they found more than $1300 in cash and 3.5g of methylamphetamine, as well as two firearms.
It was further alleged one of the firearms had been modified to fire different calibres of ammunition.
During the search it was also alleged that gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) was found in a vehicle and in a dinghy used by the pair.
A vehicle allegedly used by the man and woman was found on Uhlmann Rd. It was reported stolen from a Burnett Rd, Caboolture address on August 2.
The Kallangur man was also charged in relation to a stolen vehicle and subsequent crash on April 14 on Old Bay Rd, Deception Bay.
He was charged with three counts each of unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful use of a motor vehicle, one count each of possession of a dangerous drug, possession of drug utensils, receiving tainted property, possession of property suspected of being stolen, drive without due care and attention and failing to remain at the scene of an accident.
He was remanded in custody to appear in the Caboolture Magistrates Court on October 31.
The Bracken Ridge woman was charged with possession of a dangerous drug.
She is scheduled to appear in the Caboolture Magistrates Court on October 20.
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