Police have charged 20 people with more than 220 offences and seized $424,000 in cash, $100,000 worth of jewellery and a Lamborghini Huracan, valued at $350,000, as part of Operation Whiskey Pitt.
During the multi-unit operation, a 42-year-old Morayfield man was charged with 118 counts of supplying dangerous drugs.
Operation Whiskey Pitt was aimed at detecting, disrupting and deterring organised criminal activity in the Moreton district.
Police executed 21 search warrants throughout July at properties across North Brisbane including Beachmere, Joyner, Bellmere, Burpengary, Kallangur, Bray Park, Morayfield, Margate, Narangba, Murrumba Downs, Bracken Ridge, Cashmere, Chermside, Petrie, Hendra and Warner.
During the search warrants, police seized a quantity of cocaine, MDMA, mushrooms and steroids, in addition to 55.02kg of cannabis, 11 cannabis plants and two hydroponic set-ups.
A $350,000 Lamborghini Huracan was seized during a search warrant at a Cashmere property on July 24.
Of the 20 people charged, three of them were charged with trafficking dangerous drugs.
A 23-year-old Narangba man was charged with one count of trafficking dangerous drugs, four counts of supplying dangerous drugs, three counts of possessing anything used in the commission of crime defined in Part 2, and one couch each of possessing dangerous drugs Schedule 2 drug quantity of or exceeding Schedule 3 and receiving or possessing property obtained from trafficking or supplying.
He is due to appear in the Pine Rivers Magistrates Court on August 28.
A 40-year-old Kallangur woman has been charged with one count of trafficking dangerous drugs, seven counts of supplying dangerous drugs, two counts of possessing dangerous drugs Schedule 2 drug quantity of or exceeding Schedule 3 and one count each of contravening order about information necessary to access information stored electronically, possessing anything used in the commission of crime defined in Part 2, possessing dangerous drugs, receiving or possessing property obtained from trafficking or supplying and receiving or possessing property mortgaged/pledged/exchanged/converted from property obtained from trafficking or supplying.
She is due to reappear in the Pine Rivers Magistrates Court on September 16.
A 42-year-old Morayfield man has been charged with two counts of trafficking dangerous drugs, 118 counts of supplying dangerous drugs, two counts of possessing dangerous drugs Schedule 2 drug quantity of or exceeding Schedule 3 and one count each of contravening order about information necessary to access information stored electronically, possessing anything used in the commission of crime defined in Part 2, possessing dangerous drugs Schedule 1 drug quantity of or exceeding Schedule 3 but less than schedule 4, possessing dangerous drugs, receiving or possessing property obtained from trafficking or supplying, receiving or possessing property mortgaged/pledged/exchanged/converted from property obtained from trafficking or supplying, unlawful possession of weapons, authority to possess explosives and possess tainted property.
He has been remanded in custody and is due to reappear in the Pine Rivers Magistrates Court on September 23.
Other offences included in the total 223 charges include supplying dangerous drugs, possessing dangerous drugs, producing dangerous drugs, possessing proceeds crime, unlawful possession of weapons (taser), possessing tainted property.
0.31 – 1.07 relates to a search warrant at a property in Warner on July 24.
1.08 – 1.56 relates to a search warrant at a property in Narangba on July 24.
1.57 – 2.35 relates to a search warrant at a property in Cashmere on July 24.
If you have information for police, contact Policelink by providing information using the online suspicious activity form 24hrs per day at www.police.qld.gov.au/reporting.
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