Drugs, firearms, $300k cash: Police carry out 65 raids across Wide Bay

Specialist police officers have swooped on dozens of homes across the Wide Bay and Burnett, arresting 300+ people and seizing multiple illegal drugs and guns, as well as $300,000 in cash. Full details here:

One of the 65 police raids carried out across the Wide Bay this week was in Bundaberg on Thursday.

A series of raids carried out by police across the Wide Bay Burnett under Operation Whiskey Legion this week have netted huge quantities of illegal drugs, firearms and almost $300,000 in cash.

Specialist police, including the Tactical Crime Squad and Dog Squad, joined forces with local officers to target high-risk offenders, carrying out search warrants across the district.

The search warrants were among 65 executed across the Wide Bay Burnett district since Operation Whiskey Legion deployment began on August 1.

One of the raids was carried out in East Bundaberg on Thursday.

So far, a total of 369 people have been arrested on 1247 charges across the region in the crime crackdown.

On August 5, police executed a search warrant at a property on Truro Street, Urangan, where they allegedly located 153 grams of methylamphetamine, a quantity of prescription drugs, and drug utensils.

A 25-year-old Torquay woman was charged with three drug offences.

She was remanded in custody and will face Hervey Bay Magistrates Court on October 10.

A 42-year-old Wondunna man was charged with two drug offences.

A raid in Bundaberg East on Thursday was carried out as part of Operation Whiskey Legion.

He will front court in Hervey Bay on August 22.

Police also executed a search warrant at a property on O’Connell Parade, Urraween, where they allegedly located a quantity of drugs including 125 grams of methylamphetamine and 30 grams of cocaine as well as drug utensils and cash.

A 32-year-old Urraween man was charged with 11 offences including drug and domestic violence related offences.

He was remanded in custody and will face Hervey Bay Magistrates Court on October 10.

A 27-year-old Urraween woman was charged with three drug related offences.

She has been issued a notice to appear in the Hervey Bay Magistrates Court on September 10.

On August 6, police executed a number of search warrants at properties across Bundaberg, locating quantities of methylamphetamine and cannabis, replica firearms and thousands of dollars in cash.

One of the search warrants was executed at an Electra Street, Bundaberg West property which resulted in a 27-year-old Bundaberg West man charged with 10 offences, including trafficking dangerous drugs, possessing dangerous drugs and unlawful possession of weapons.

He was remanded in custody and will face Bundaberg Magistrates Court on September 24.

A 20-year-old Bundaberg West woman was also charged with nine offences including trafficking dangerous drugs, possessing dangerous drugs and unlawful possession of weapons.

She will face Bundaberg Magistrates Court on September 24.

Specialist police, including members of the Crime and Intelligence Command, were deployed to the Hervey Bay and Maryborough areas to locate and arrest several high-risk offenders as part of the operation.

Drugs, firearms and almost $300,000 in cash has been seized in the raids.

One of these was a 21-year-old Granville man who was charged with 17 offences including unlawful use of a motor vehicle, unlawful possession of weapons, fraud – dishonestly make off without paying, contravention of domestic violence order and possessing dangerous drugs.

He was remanded in custody and will face Maryborough Magistrates Court on August 8.

Finally, also on August 6, police raided a property on Churchill Street, Maryborough and allegedly located $21,000 in cash and a variety of drugs including heroin, methylamphetamine, morphine, GHB, and prescription drugs.

A 42-year-old Island Plantation man was charged with 13 drug related offences.

He was remanded in custody to face Maryborough Magistrates Court on August 8.

A 33-year-old Maryborough woman was charged with 11 drug related offences and one count of authority required to possess explosives.

She will face Maryborough Magistrates Court on September 17.

The combined raids in Bundaberg seized almost $300,000 in cash.

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