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Subscriber only A man found with a large knife stuffed down his pants near the Whitsunday police station will appear in court next month after creating a disturbance in public. Whitsunday Senior Sergeant Nathan Blain said officers attention was drawn to a man acting erratically on Altman Avenue about 3am on April 11. Officers spoke with a 44-year-old Cannonvale man and a search of his person allegedly found a large knife in his pants. Senior Sergeant Blain said the man had no lawful reason to be carrying the knife at the time. He was charged with possessing a knife in a public space and will appear in Proserpine Magistrates Court on May 6.
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Subscriber only A man found with a large knife stuffed down his pants near the Whitsunday police station will appear in court next month after creating a disturbance in public. Whitsunday Senior Sergeant Nathan Blain said officers attention was drawn to a man acting erratically on Altman Avenue about 3am on April 11. Officers spoke with a 44-year-old Cannonvale man and a search of his person allegedly found a large knife in his pants. Senior Sergeant Blain said the man had no lawful reason to be carrying the knife at the time. He was charged with possessing a knife in a public space and will appear in Proserpine Magistrates Court on May 6.
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More police will be on the roads detecting impaired drivers as additional training is rolled out across the Whitsundays.
Officers from Bowen in the north to Proserpine and surrounds to the south will undergo training for roadside drug testing.
Whitsunday Senior Sergeant Nathan Blain said the training was ongoing as part of a statewide rollout after the need was identified for more upskilled officers.
“It will increase the capabilities (of officers) in the Whitsundays,” he said.
It comes as two drivers were found to be behind the wheel while under the effects of a substance.
A Cannonvale man, 46, was intercepted on Coconut Grove about 9.30pm on April 9.
An alarming increase in the number of homes being searched and cars stolen in Airlie Beach has prompted an urgent warning from police.
Five cars have been stolen, three unlocked homes entered and 14 unlocked vehicles searched in the Airlie Beach area in the past five days.
Two of the cars reported stolen have been recovered in Mackay while another was found in the Whitsundays area when it ran out of fuel.
“It is likely the suspects have come from the Mackay area,” Whitsunday Senior Sergeant Nathan Blain said.
“The offenders are still outstanding, but we are encouraging people to lock up their homes and vehicles to stop these opportunistic offenders.
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A man police allege assaulted his neighbour during a disturbance has been charged and will appear in court later this month.
Whitsunday police were called to a disturbance in Sunbird Close at Jubilee Pocket about 2am on April 11.
Senior Sergeant Nathan Blain said a 22-year-old man was allegedly at the centre of the disturbance and was approached by his 41-year-old male neighbour.
He said the older man suffered cuts and bruises in a scuffle that broke out between the pair before officers arrived at the scene.
“Those injuries were consistent with bodily harm,” he said.
The 22-year-old man was charged with assault occasioning bodily harm and will appear in Proserpine Magistrates Court on April 29.