Police have charged ten people following a targeted drug and traffic operation at a music festival in the South Burnett on the weekend.
Between August 22-24, officers from Nanango, Kingaroy and Blackbutt police stations, with assistance from the Kingaroy Criminal Investigation Unit and Darling Downs District Tactical Crime Squad conducted the highly visible operation which included various crime prevention and disruption policing activities at the event on Smith Road at Booie.
Over the three-day period police conducted 182 random breath test (RBTs) resulting in two people charged with drink driving and 17 random drug tests (RDTs) resulting in two people charged with drug driving.
Two people were also charged with unlicensed driving and another two people were issued with Traffic Infringement Notices (TIN).
Police conducted a number of vehicle searcher seizing psilocybin, cocaine, ketamine, cannabis, MDMA tablets as well as restricted medication and drug utensils.
A 55-year-old Nambour man has been charged with six counts of possessing dangerous drugs and one count each of possess S4 or S8 medicines, possess utensil and possess property suspected of having been used in connection with the commission of a drug offence.
He is due to appear in the Kingaroy Magistrates Court Magistrates Court on 10 October.
A 32-year-old Redbank Plains man has been charged with three counts each of possessing dangerous drugs and one count of possess utensil.
He is due to appear in the Nanango Magistrates Court on 25 September.
A 22-year-old Toowoomba woman was charged with three counts of possessing dangerous drugs.
She has been referred for drug diversion.
A 42-year-old Maroochydore woman has been charged with one count of possess dangerous drugs.
She has been referred for drug diversion.
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