By SONJA KOREMANS
A MAN has been given bail after police allegedly found 10kg of marijuana, estimated to have a $300,000 street value, in his car.
Ronald Lawrence Sharp, 56, from Palm Beach on the Gold Coast, was travelling through Warwick when police intercepted his vehicle.
Warwick Road Policing Unit stopped Sharp on Jackie Howe Drive at 5pm, and his car was taken back to the station to be searched.
Sharp was charged with several offences after officers allegedly found the drugs in a second fuel tank.
He appeared in Toowoomba Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with one count each of possessing dangerous drugs, supplying dangerous drugs, possessing anything used in the commission of a crime, and an unrelated charge of assault occasioning bodily harm while in company.
Sharp received bail on reporting and residential conditions, and will reappear in Warwick Magistrates’ Court on 9 September.
Warwick police acting officer-in-charge Sergeant Shane Reid said the arrest was part of an ongoing state-wide operation to crack down on drugs.
“As Warwick is sitting on two national highways, there is no doubt that drugs are regularly conveyed through here from interstate and within the state,” Sgt Reid said.
In an unrelated matter, a Brisbane roadside drug testing unit intercepted a vehicle in Warwick with the driver returning a positive test on Sunday at 1pm.
A 27-year-old man was stopped in Guy Street where he allegedly returned a positive roadside blood test. His driver’s licence was suspended with further testing to be conducted.
Sergeant Reid said roadside drug testing would become commonplace on the Southern Downs, with more officers being trained in the procedure.
