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An alleged drug debt enforcer is accused of threatening to âbash, deprive the liberty and tortureâ addicts who owe money in a series of messages revealed in court.
Despite the âconcerningâ nature of the 38 year oldâs alleged conduct, he was granted bail because there was nothing specifying what drugs he was accused of trafficking.
Luke Daniel Mckenzie was arrested last week after police allegedly found $180,000 cash in cryovac bags and encrypted phones stashed in a mattress of his West Mackay home.
He is charged with trafficking, possessing tainted property, and possessing anything used in the commission of a crime after officers raided the Lansdowne Road property.
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Police are on the lookout for a white Hyundai i30 spotted driving recklessly across Mackay.
Initial reports indicate the three occupants including the driver were aged 14 to 17 years old.
The vehicle was last seen driving on the wrong side of the road on Hume Street, West Mackay about 11.35am.
Initial reports suggest the car was first seen on Connors Road in Paget after running a red light and almost colliding with another vehicle.
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Police have found $186,000 worth of cash stuffed inside a mattress after a dramatic raid on a home in Mackay in central Queensland on Saturday. Six people have been charged after the search.
Police have been captured pulling thousands of dollars in cash out of a north Queensland mattress following a major drug raid that saw six people arrested this past weekend.
Officers from Mackay raided the Landsdowne Road, West Mackay home on Sunday, allegedly seizing drugs, a car and more than $180,000 in cash.
Bodycam footage from the raid has shown officers discovering a hole in a mattress in one of the beds. They pull out an air-sealed bag of money.
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Bags of cash were pulled from a mattress.(Queensland Police)
The video then shows several other bags inside the mattress, adding to a total of $186,000 found in the raid.