A 23-YEAR-OLD man will be returned to New South Wales to face charges for escaping from prison after being pulled over for a random breath test in Tewantin on 11 March.
Local police said the man was pulled over for the test when police smelled drugs on him and he was arrested for drug offences.
After allegedly giving a false name, the man was found to be a prison escapee from a New South Wales prison.
The man faced Maroochydore Magistrates’ Court last month and is expected to be returned to New South Wales.
Caught with stolen property
FOUR men have been charged with stealing after local police spotted a car with a stand-up paddle board on the roof, being held down only by the occupants of the car.
Local police were patrolling Noosa roads on Saturday 28 March about 2.30am when they saw an oncoming car with a stand-up paddle board on the roof.
The officers said they noticed the car had no roof racks, but was being held down by the four males in the car who were using their arms to secure the board.
Police pulled over the car and found other items in the vehicle which they said were stolen.
The owner of the board, a man visiting from Taree, NSW, woke that morning to find his board missing and a note from the police.
The board was returned to the owner and the four males will face court.
Hauled for drug charges
A LOCAL business owner has been charged with drug offences after 184 mature cannabis plants were found in the cold room of an industrial shed on Rene Street, Noosaville.
Police searched the produce wholesale business on Wednesday 25 March and will allege the plants were found in a cold room growing under a hydroponic set-up.
Police said Noosaville man and a North Shore man were growing the plants for six months and sold the cannabis due to “financial trouble”.
The hydroponic equipment and the plants have been destroyed and an electricity supplier attended the business to disconnect an illegal power connection.
The two men are due to face court charged with drug offences.
