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A Gladstone man, busted with methamphetamine and cannabis at Barney Point, said he was trying to get off the drugs.
Daniel Robert Timms, 44, pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court on Tuesday to possessing dangerous drugs and utensils or pipes that had been used.
Police prosecutor Carl Spargo read the facts of Timms’ case to the court and Acting Magistrate Paul Byrnes.
On March 7, about 11.08am, police were patrolling Barney St, Barney Point, when they observed a car parked in a carpark with its windows down but no one in it.
Police approached the vehicle and saw Timms in the back seat lying down.
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Gladstone police found drugs and a gun after they executed a search warrant on a home in Clinton, a court heard.
Sonny Stones, 60, pleaded guilty to three charges including possessing dangerous drugs, unlawfully possessing restricted drugs and unlawful possession of a category A, B or M weapon.
Police prosecutor Carl Spargo read the facts of Stones’ case to the court and Acting Magistrate Paul Byrne.
On March 30, 2021, around 8.55am, police attended Stones’ address in search of a person wanted on a warrant.
Police knocked on the front door of the house and were unable to raise anyone.
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A repeat drug offender, who was on probation for similar offending, stashed his cone pieces in a pencil case.
Peter James Charlton, 27, pleaded guilty on Friday in Gladstone Magistrates Court to possessing dangerous drugs and two counts of possessing utensils or pipes that had been used.
Police prosecutor Tania Griffiths said police executed search warrant at Charltonâs residence on December 30, 2020.
He said police from Gladstone Criminal Investigation Branch attended the address about 2pm and detained Charlton for a search.
Ms Griffiths said Charlton declared numerous items at the start of the search, including four separate amounts of cannabis, which totalled 12.4 grams.
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A Gladstone mum who admitted to weening herself off methamphetamine by using cannabis, appeared in Gladstone Magistrates Court on Friday.
Tallara Chloe Broomham, 22, pleaded guilty to possessing dangerous drugs.
Police prosecutor Carl Spargo read the facts of Broomham’s case to the court and Magistrate Bevan Manthey.
About 3.15pm on December 18 last year, Gladstone police intercepted a Holden Commodore on French St and detained the occupants for a search.
Police searched Broomham, a passenger in the vehicle, and located a small clip-seal bag containing 1.6g of cannabis in her clothing.
Mr Manthey said he had to take into account Broomham’s six-page Queensland criminal history and three-page traffic history while handing down his sentence.
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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