Officers from the Crime and Intelligence Command’s Taskforce Maxima deployed to the North Coast Region, charging 11 people on 49 drug and firearm related offences, as part of ongoing disruption and enforcement action targeting syndicates with outlaw motorcycle gang (OMCG) links including Finks and Outcasts OMCGs.
Between October 1 and 4, Maxima detectives in conjunction with officers from Gin Gin, Gympie, Hervey Bay and Wide Bay Tactical Crime Squad executed a series of search warrants within the Bundaberg, Hervey Bay and Gympie areas targeting suspected drug offences.
During the search of five residential addresses at Southside, Riverheads, Eli Waters and Wallaville, a total of two firearms were located and seized, along with quantities of methylamphetamine, cannabis, prescription drugs and drug utensils.
A 28-year-old Wallaville woman was charged with one count each of producing dangerous drug (cannabis), possessing dangerous drug (cannabis), possessing things used in the commission of a crime, possessing utensils, possessing category A weapon (rifle) and possessing explosives (ammunition). She is due to appear in Bundaberg Magistrates Court on October 29.
A 34-year-old Gympie man was charged with four drug possession offences, three weapon offences and possessing things used in the commission of a crime.
A 30-year-old Gympie woman was charged with three drug possession offences and possessing things used in the commission of a crime.
Both are due to appear at Gympie Magistrates Court on November 1.
A 32-year-old River Heads man (?) was charged with three drug possession offences and possession of property suspected of having been acquired for the purpose of committing a drug offence. He is due to appear at Hervey Bay Magistrates Court on December 1.
A 40-year-old Eli Waters man was charged with two counts of possessing dangerous drugs and things used in the commission of a crime and one count of possessing utensil. He is due to appear in Hervey Bay Magistrates Court on November 11.
A 34-year-old Torquay man was charged with one count each of producing dangerous drug (cannabis), possessing dangerous, possessing utensil and possessing things used in the commission of a crime. He is due to appear in Hervey Bay Magistrates Court on November 11.
