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A WOMAN has been charged after allegedly attempting to smuggle more than $100,000 worth of drugs into an Ipswich prison this morning.
Officers from the Queensland Police Services’ Corrective Services Investigation Unit intercepted the 42-year-old allegedly trying to bring contraband into the Borallon Training and Correctional Centre at 8.30am on Monday.
It will be alleged that during the interview the Morayfield woman surrendered 180 strips of the opioid Buprenorphine, which officers estimated would be worth between $104,000 and $144,000 if it had made its way into the prison.
The woman was charged with supplying dangerous drug into a correctional centre and she was issued a notice to appear at Caboolture Magistrates Court on April 6.
00:35 EDT, 28 January 2021
A bodybuilder has been charged over the death of his ex-girlfriend on the Gold Coast 16 months ago.
Ivona Jovanovic, 27, was shot in the chest at a Highland Park home on September 8, 2019 and died in hospital shortly afterwards.
The Labrador woman was allegedly with four friends at the time, including ex-boyfriend Christos Panagakos, who allegedly lived at the address.
Panagakos, 28, was arrested by detectives at Woodford Correctional Centre on Thursday following an extensive investigation into Ms Jovanovic s death.
He was taken to Brisbane Watchhouse, where he charged with one count of manslaughter and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm.