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Drugs and lab located at Ipswich
Police have charged three people following the seizure of drugs and a clandestine drug lab at an Ipswich residence over the weekend.
As part of a drug trafficking operation, detectives from the Crime and Intelligence Command’s Organised Crime Gangs Group executed five search warrants on Saturday (May 8) at premises in Ipswich, North Stradbroke Island and Cleveland.
During a search of a Murphy Street Ipswich address, investigators located a commercial pill press and illicit laboratory equipment suspected of being used to produce MDMA. Approximately 60 pills suspected to be MDMA were also located at same address.
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Subscriber only THE discovery of a secret drug lab and MDMA pills at an Ipswich home this past weekend has landed three people in hot water with Queensland Police. It is alleged officers located a commercial pill press and illicit laboratory equipment suspected of being used to produce MDMA during the search of a Murphy St address on Saturday. About 60 pills suspected to be MDMA were also located inside the home. Specialist officers from the Illicit Laboratory Investigation Team (ILIT) and Ipswich District reportedly attended the home to remove the items. A Queensland Police spokesman said the raid was conducted as part of a larger drug trafficking operation across South East Queensland.
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Subscriber only THE discovery of a secret drug lab and MDMA pills at an Ipswich home this past weekend has landed three people in hot water with Queensland Police. It is alleged officers located a commercial pill press and illicit laboratory equipment suspected of being used to produce MDMA during the search of a Murphy St address on Saturday. About 60 pills suspected to be MDMA were also located inside the home. Specialist officers from the Illicit Laboratory Investigation Team (ILIT) and Ipswich District reportedly attended the home to remove the items. A Queensland Police spokesman said the raid was conducted as part of a larger drug trafficking operation across South East Queensland.