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A Gemfields man has been told to wake up to himself after fronting Emerald Magistrates Court on drug charges on Tuesday.
Keith Arthur Millard, 56, pleaded guilty to possessing utensils or pipes that had been used and possessing dangerous drugs.
Police prosecutor Sergeant Paul Cramp said police attended a Sapphire address on April 21 with a search warrant.
Millard and two others were located inside.
When asked if there were any items to declare, Millard produced a red plastic tub with a brass pipe, cigarette lighter, smoking papers and two clip seal bags containing 75g of cannabis.
Police also located a third clip seal bag in an outdoor sink containing a further 45g of cannabis.
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A Blackwater chef âfoolishlyâ took drugs at a party before driving along a Central Queensland highway.
Matthew James Hocking, 44, pleaded guilty at Emerald Magistrates Court on April 20 to driving while a relevant drug was present in his saliva.
Police prosecutor Sergeant Paul Cramp said Hocking was intercepted by police on February 20 along the Capricorn Highway near Comet.
He took part in a roadside saliva test which returned a positive result and later indicated the presence of Methylamphetamine.
Hocking said he had âfoolishlyâ consumed meth the night before, which the court heard had been at some sort of celebration.
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A Moranbah father risked his family’s livelihood when choosing to drive just hours after drinking during a big night out.
Mathew Vincent Buswell, 51, pleaded guilty in Moranbah Magistrates Court on April 15 to driving over the general alcohol limit but not over the middle limit.
The father of three young children was driving home from Mackay about 11.40am on February 21 when he was intercepted by police on Peak Downs Highway for a roadside breath test.
Police prosecutor Sergeant Paul Cramp said Buswell returned a blood-alcohol content reading of .057.
Buswell said he had been drinking at the Mackay races the day prior and stopped drinking about 4am the morning of the offence.
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A woman told police her speedometer âwas outâ when she was caught driving at 118km per hour on a road near Clermont.
Police officers were travelling south on Gregory Developmental Road near Belyando Crossing on September 25, 2020, when they saw a vehicle driving at speed towards them and recorded a speed of 118km/hr in a 100km/hr zone.
Rebecca Fay Potts pleaded guilty at Clermont Magistrates Court on April 14 to disobeying the speed limit.
Police prosecutor Sergeant Paul Cramp said when police spoke to Potts, she thought she was travelling about 115km/hr in a 110km/hr zone.