Maryborough detectives have yesterday closed a protracted investigation into the supply of dangerous drugs across the region. Officers from Maryborough,.
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Five people will appear in court today on serious drug charges after police carried out raids across the Fraser Coast.
Officers from Maryborough, Wide Bay Tactical Crime Squad, Brisbane Drug Squad were involved in the investigation.
A number of significant assets were seized by police as a result of two properties at Walligan and Crestmead, including more than $150,000 cash, a car, handgun, rifle and quantities of dangerous drugs.
Police will allege they were involved in trafficking methylamphetamine.
A 61-year-old Walligan man has been charged with two counts of supplying dangerous drugs.
He has also been charged with trafficking drugs, possessing property obtained from trafficking, unlawful stalking threatening violence, wilful damage and common assault.
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While the number of revellers ringing in the new year may have been fewer than usual, police were still kept busy on Thursday night.
Acting Inspector Michael McGarry said there were officers from Bundaberg and Bargara Police, the Road Policing Unit and the Wide Bay Tactical Crime Squad working the New Year’s Eve shift.
He said generally people were well behaved in Bundaberg and police thanked them for that, but unfortunately there were still some arrests for public nuisance-type offences, drink driving, and a drug driving offence.
“We issued 14 liquor banning notices in and around our licensed premises – that’s quite high but it does indicate that we take a zero-tolerance approach to alcohol-fuelled violence for nuisance type behaviour in and around our licensed premises,” he said.