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Subscriber only A young man made enough profit from his drug business to cover his living expenses and fund a trip to Thailand, but things came undone when police searched his home. Arron David Flanders, 24, pleaded guilty in Bundaberg Supreme Court on Thursday to one count of drug trafficking and six counts of supplying a dangerous drug. Police searched the shed Flanders was living in on his father s Apple Tree Creek property on December 6 in 2019. During the search police found a phone on the couch, with analysis later uncovering text messages revealing the device belonged to Flanders and that he was trafficking marijuana.
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Subscriber only A court has heard how a man reached for a police officer s gun during an arrest where the dog squad had to become involved. James George Lyne, 37, pleaded guilty in the Bundaberg Supreme Court on Tuesday to two counts of possessing a dangerous drug in excess of 2 grams. Police were conducting patrols in Bundaberg North on the nights of April 9 last year when they heard a squealing sound before a motorbike with no registration plates approach at speed. Lyne, who was the rider, braked heavily at the intersection and almost lost control of the bike. Officers estimated the bike to be travelling in excess of 120km/h when he accelerated at high speed onto Queen St.
A man has been given the chance to rehabilitate himself in the community after police found meth and a taser in his shed. John Raymond Saunders, 31, pleaded guilty in the Bundaberg Supreme Court on Tuesday to possessing a dangerous drug in excess of 2g, possessing a dangerous drug and possessing a category R weapon. On March 3 last year police went to Saunders home to execute a search warrant. During the search police found 6.917g of pure methamphetamine in 9.147g of substance with a purity of just over 75 per cent. The drugs were found in various clip seal bags that were not consistent in amount.
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Subscriber only A Mackay man found himself in a hot mess after he could not explain to hospital staff how he suffered burns to 20 per cent of his body. Mackay Supreme Court heard on Thursday how Dieter Dean Stephens presented at Mackay Base Hospital s emergency department at 11am on August 21, 2019. The 23-year-old was taken to intensive care with face, eyes, neck, hands and feet injuries. Fortunately, your airways were not compromised, Justice Graeme Crow said. The court heard when Stephens could not explain the burns, hospital security alerted police. Police attended hospital and recognised you from CCTV footage obtained in the course of an investigation, Justice Crow said.