CRIME WRAP: Stolen car winds up at Stanthorpe border
Three people under 20 have been charged after an alleged 316km joyride.
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STANTHORPE police were kept busy at the Amosfield Rd border checkpoint on Monday, when two men and a juvenile were stopped in a stolen car.
The men, aged 20 and 18, were pulled over at 4am in a Mitsubishi Outlander allegedly stolen from the Sunshine Coast.
It is alleged the car was taken from Maroochydore on Sunday.
The men were charged with unlawful use of a motor vehicle, while the juvinile was charged under the Youth Justice Act.
Police said thee 20-year-old man was also charged with drink driving and the 18-year-old passenger was found with about 1g of a powder believed to be MDMA.
They are due to appear in Stanthorpe Magistrates Court on December 16.
The charges come as Stanthorpe police officer-in-charge Gerard Brady said there had been another spike in drug-driving offences.
"In the past week, three drug-drivers have been detected in the Stanthorpe area," Senior Sergeant Brady said.
"The Stanthorpe men, aged 29 to 54 years old, will appear in Magistrates Court at a later date."
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