Man, woman charged with supplying meth to 96 people in South Burnett
A Kingaroy man and Stanthorpe woman will face court after allegedly trafficking and supplying dangerous drugs in the South Burnett region for almost a year.
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A 52-year-old Kingaroy man and 29-year-old Stanthorpe woman have been charged with trafficking and supplying dangerous drugs in the South Burnett region.
Murgon detectives charged the pair alleging they carried on the business of unlawfully trafficking dangerous drugs, namely Methylamphetamine, between March 2022 and February 2023.
It will be further alleged the man and woman supplied over 200 grams of Methylamphetamine to 96 people, in exchange for in excess of $97,000.
The Kingaroy man and Stanthorpe woman have both been charged with one count of trafficking dangerous drugs and 118 counts of supplying dangerous drugs, police said.
They have also been charged with one count each of receiving property from trafficking dangerous drugs and possessing property used in the commission of drug crime.
The man will reappear at the Kingaroy Magistrates Court on July 17 and the woman will appear at the Kingaroy Magistrates Court on June 15.
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