Officers from the State Flying Squad have charged 30 people with 85 offences during a recent deployment to Townsville.
Between March 12 and 19, the State Flying Squad was deployed to Townsville to join local specialist and general duties officers to engage with juvenile property offenders and support community safety initiatives.
The borderless nature of the State Flying Squad allows the team to deploy any time, where support is needed.
Over the seven days, the State Flying Squad officers, alongside Townsville police conducted proactive engagements including strategic high-visibility patrols, targeted investigations, street checks, bail checks and warrants.
Police charged 26 juveniles with 69 offences including 40 breaches of bail, nine fail to appear in court, four counts of stealing, three counts of attempted enter premise with intent, two counts each of possess suspected stolen property and possess property suspected of having been used in connection with commission of a drug offence and one count each of trespass, common assault, enter premises and commit, wilful damage, assault occasioning bodily harm, affray, public nuisance, possess dangerous drugs and possess a knife in a public place.
Four adults were charged with five counts of stealing, four counts of fraud, three counts of unlawful use of a motor vehicle, and one count each of receiving tainted property, possess utensil, fail to take reasonable care in respect of syringe and breach of bail.
Acting Chief Superintendent Chris Lawson said the State Flying Squad is utilised as a surge response team, deployed to assist local police efforts in targeting and disrupting the high-end offenders in hotspot locations.
"Community safety is our number one priority, and we have a zero-tolerance approach to any serious repeat offenders who put our local community at risk," Acting Chief Superintendent Lawson said.
"The State Flying Squad worked alongside our local police to conduct targeted activities to disrupt and deter youth offending in key locations and support the district in the investigation and apprehension of serious repeat offenders."
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