CRIME WRAP

Operation Pitcher –Firearms seized, Tully

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POLICE have charged three people with 35 offences following a five month operation targeting a criminal syndicate allegedly responsible for trafficking firearms throughout the Cassowary Coast.

Detectives from the Tully Criminal Investigation Branch, with the assistance of Far North District Major and Organised Crime Squad and Tactical Crime Squad, executed three search warrants at properties in Jarrawong and Tully as part of Operation Pitcher.

He met me in the midst of my circumstances. He quenched the flaming arrows meant to destroy me, and His mighty peace was upon me. It never left me. I didn't have to call upon his name; He was already with me! This was not a situation I was prepared for. It just happened unexpectedly. As I conversed with God later that evening, reflecting on what happened, I was like, wow, God, that was a lot. I would be a complete mess, but you met me there. My heart was filled with Joy, and I began to laugh. Nothing catches God by surprise; he knows the beginning from the end. His word is true. His word is alive and active.

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It will be alleged the syndicate was responsible for a large number of property offences and farm thefts between October 2022 and March 2023 where they stole firearms, vehicles and machinery which were rebirthed and on sold for profit.

It will be further alleged the group was also responsible for the theft of over 10,000 litres of diesel from farming properties.

As a result of the Operation, three people have been arrested and charged.

A 32-year-old Tully man has been charged with one count each of unlawful trafficking in weapons (firearms), burglary and receiving tainted property.

He has been remanded in custody and is expected to appear in the Cairns Magistrates Court today, April 10.

A 35-year-old Tully man has been charged with eleven counts of stealing, three counts of burglary and receiving tainted property,

Deuteronomy 31:8 NIV

I am not saying you don't pray for situations beforehand. I always have and will continue to do so. But I am saying that when the enemy tries to catch us off guard and bring us down, our God will hold us up.

This is where intimacy and having a relationship with God matters, and walking in obedience to his word. God will never forsake his children: the Lion and the Lamb.

This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask— we know that we have what we asked of him.

1 John 5:14-15 NIV

He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.

2 Corinthians 12:9 NIV two counts of supplying dangerous drugs and one count each of unlawful supply of weapons, possession of burglary implements and disqualified driving.

He has been remanded in custody and is expected to appear in the Innisfail Magistrates Court on May 29.

A 45-year-old Tully woman has been issued with a notice to appear in the Innisfail Magistrates Court on June 22 charged with nine counts of stealing and one count of possessing a drug utensil.

Investigations are continuing.

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