17th Feb 2021 1:00 AM | Updated: 7:03 AM Fidgeting and talking fast led to police discovering a drug courier s secret stash of about $100,000 worth of methamphetamines hidden in the wall of a Landcruiser. The behaviour made a Rockhampton police officer suspect the Townsville businessman had something to hide and he called for back up to attend the closed Shell service station on Gladstone Rd at 3.30am on October 8, 2018. As a female police officer retrieved a yellow bag from the car interior wall, the drug courier - Nathan Aaron Turner, made a dash and lunged at the police officer in an attempt to retrieve the bag containing 269.9 grams of meth.
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An examination of a young Rockhampton man’s mobile phone revealed he had been supplying marijuana to various customers on 12 occasions.
Reagen Dallas Stanleigh Bashford, 25, pleaded guilty in Rockhampton District Court on January 15, to 12 counts of supplying a dangerous drug, and one count each of possessing a dangerous drug and possessing property suspected of having been used in connection with a drug offence.
Crown prosecutor Harriet Hall-Pearce said police intercepted Bashford driving along Musgrave St, Rockhampton, on May 31, 2020, for a licence check and random breath test.
Ms Hall-Pearce said despite police activating their lights and sirens several times and there being ample opportunity to pull over, Bashford continued driving.
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