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A father-of-two has found himself in front of the Yeppoon Magistrates Court after police found cannabis seeds in a jacket pocket and utensils in a house.
Police searched a Yeppoon house at 8.30am on March 16 where Stephen Michael Cooze, 45, told them the seeds were cannabis and he didn’t know how old they were.
Police prosecutor Sergeant Shaun Janes told the court on April 8 that police found a pipe on the living room table.
“With dark residue inside the cone piece and the smell of cannabis,” Sergeant Janes said.
Cooze had a single page history with the last like offence in 1995.
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Belfit saw police arrive and jumped in the ute in order to move it from the road, before he ignored a police direction to stop and ran back into the house.
Belfit shoved his sister out of his way, which constituted the public nuisance charge, before he continued into the house and slammed the door on police, which constituted the obstruct charge.
As police pursued Belfit through the house, he slammed another door on police that caught the arm of an officer which constituted the assault police charge.
He was restrained and breath tested and results displayed a reading of 0.110, which constituted the drink-driving charge.
Police found 0.1 of a gram of methamphetamine on Schurmann and she was issued a notice to appear in court for possessing the dangerous drug.
When Schurmann was questioned as to why she had the meth, she told police it was due to her family circumstances.
Acting Magistrate Ross Woodford acknowledged the small amount of the dangerous drug involved, however, he noted it was the third time Schurmann had been before the court for drug offending.
Mr Woodford convicted and fined Schurmann, who wept during the proceedings, $800.
“Go out there and get some help for your problem,” he said.
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