A 53-year-old man has been arrested and charged following alleged drug offences in Maryborough last month.
On June 19, just after midnight, officers intercepted a car allegedly being driven by the man when he avoided police by running through bushland near the Bruce Highway. Officers were unable to find him after an immediate search of the area.
As Police Dog (PD) Rambo and his handler were tracking the man along the highway, Rambo was struck by a car. He was immediately transported to a nearby vet but sadly could not be revived.
The man was arrested on the Gold Coast yesterday and charged with trafficking dangerous drugs, possessing dangerous drugs, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, obstruct police, possessing anything used in the commission of a crime and fail to properly dispose of needle.
He appeared in the Southport Magistrates Court today and was remanded in custody to reappear in Southport on August 3.
