Police have arrested and charged 35 people on 160 drug and firearm charges as part of an operation targeting the supply and distribution of methylamphetamine (ice) in the Toowoomba region.
Commencing in mid-2019, the combined operations involving local police and State Crime Command investigators, culminated in 36 search warrants being issued at properties across Toowoomba on February 7 and 8.
During the searches 15 illegal firearms were seized, including two handguns, seven long-arm rifles and a shortened shotgun along with 175 grams of ice with an approximate street value of $27,000.
Further items seized included knuckledusters, silencers, a pistol crossbow, cash, a Mazda utility and various quantities of LSD, steroids and cannabis.
To date Operations Holt and Instance have resulted in 35 arrests for drug trafficking and firearm offences.
Detective Inspector Troy Pukallus of the Drug and Serious Crime Group said the intelligence-led operations highlighted how State Crime Command investigators and local police,
Skip to content
News and other stories about real people, places, and events in Morningside and nearby suburbs.