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A man was told by a magistrate to find ways to cure his sleeplessness other than cannabis.
Geno Anaru Van Zyl, 26, pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court on Monday to drug-driving.
Police prosecutor Kelvin Boyd read the facts of Van Zyl’s case to the court and Acting Magistrate Damian Carroll.
On November 10 last year, about 6.53am, Calliope Road Policing Unit officers intercepted Van Zyl on the Bruce Highway, Bororen.
He submitted to a roadside drug test, which returned a positive result, and he was taken to a police vehicle for further testing.
When questioned, Van Zyl made admissions to smoking a cannabis joint as he was on his way to work in Agnes Water.
Howson stated she had not checked recently whether the payments were still going out of her account.
Further questioning identified Howson had not checked her mailbox for some time and had changed her email address and phone number recently and failed to notify SPER of the changes.
Howson stated she was driving to a friend’s house and could offer no emergent reason for driving on a suspended licence that day.
She was issued a notice to appear in the Gladstone Magistrates Court in relation to this offence.
Howson told the court she was a single parent who was new to the area and had no one to help get her son to school if she was suspended from driving.
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A magistrate labelled a Gladstone man’s interception by police as “unlucky” given his circumstances.
Ronald James Cox, 50, pleaded guilty in Gladstone Magistrates Court on Tuesday to permitting another to drive while unlicenced.
Police prosecutor Carl Spargo read the facts of Cox’s case to the court and Magistrate Bevan Manthey.
Police from Calliope Road Policing Unit intercepted a white Nissan sedan on Raglan Station Rd, Raglan at 2.30pm on April 4.
Once intercepted, police observed a young man was sitting in the driver’s seat, an adult man in the passenger seat with two adult women in the back seats.
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A Bargara woman admitted to smoking three bongs before driving in Gladstone, a court heard.
Jane Deborah Van Meegen, 52, pleaded guilty in the Gladstone Magistrates Court on Tuesday to drug driving.
Prosecutor Kelvin Boyd read the facts of Van Meegen’s case to the court and Acting Magistrate Ron Muirhead.
Police from the Calliope Road Policing Unit intercepted Van Meegen on Dawson Road, West Gladstone at 10.13am on March 15.
Van Meegen submitted to a roadside drug test which returned a positive result and she was taken to the Gladstone Police Station for further testing.
When questioned, Van Meegen admitted to smoking three bongs which contained cannabis and could offer no emergency reason for driving.
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A Boyne Island man who admitted to consuming three schooners at a Gladstone pub prior to being intercepted by police appeared in Gladstone Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
Bill Mcauley, 38, pleaded guilty to driving over the general alcohol limit.
Prosecutor Carl Spargo read the facts of Mcauley’s case to the court and Acting Magistrate Ron Muirhead.
On Friday, March 26, around 4.30pm, police from Calliope Road Policing Unit were performing static random breath testing on Kirkwood Road when they intercepted Mcauley.
He submitted to a roadside breath test which returned a positive result and he was taken back to the Gladstone Police Station for further testing.