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Subscriber only A TOWNSVILLE father cut off his GPS tracker days before he snatched a man s iPhone from his hands to read its messages. Trent Walker, 21, pleaded guilty to two charges in the Townsville Magistrates Court on Tuesday via video link from the Townsville Correctional Centre. The charges were one count of wilful damage and one count of stealing The court heard Walker was on parole when on February 1 he cut off his GPS tracking device worth $500. Police prosecutor Anita Page said that nine days later Walker snatched an iPhone 6 that he perused for messages before stealing it and telling the victim not to leave the house.
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Police update: additional charges in money laundering investigation at Townsville
Detectives from the Crime and Intelligence Command’s Major and Organised Crime Squad (MOCS) Northern Region have charged an additional two people following the closure of Operation Sierra Avalanche, an investigation into alleged money laundering.
A 26-year-old Burdell man was charged yesterday (May 10) with one count of dealing in the proceeds of crime over $100,000.
Police will allege the man laundered over $800,000 in cash between April and August 2020.
A 38 year-old Oonoonba man was charged on May 5 with one count each of money laundering over $100,000, dealing with instrument of crime, possession of tainted property, possession of a thing used in the commission of a crime, possession of drugs and three counts of conducting transactions to avoid reporting obligations.
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Bodycam footage showed police exploring a number of rooms in the house, finding plants under ultraviolet light inside hydroponic grow tents in one room and bushy plants on multiple stands inside other rooms.
A living room clothes rack on which plants are pegged to dry out is visible in another part of the police video.
Plants were found drying on a clothesline strung across the property s lounge room
Two Aitkenvale men face multiple drug charges and will appear in court in June and July
Thanks to the diligent work of the Tactical Crime Squad (TAC) team, the drugs produced in this sophisticated set-up have been destroyed, TAC officer-in-charge, Rick Reeves said,
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Police make arrest in money laundering investigation, cryptocurrency seized at Townsville
Detectives from the Crime and Intelligence Command’s Major and Organised Crime Squad (MOCS) Northern Region arrested a 37-year-old Townsville man and seized $165,000 worth of crypto currency, as part of operation Sierra Avalanche, an investigation into alleged money laundering.
Detectives charged the man with five money laundering offences as a result of search warrants on his Garbutt residence and Townsville business address on April 13, where cryptocurrency and eight vials of steroids were located and seized.
He is due to re-appear at the Townsville Magistrates Court on October 6.