In brief
A 14-year-old Tewantin teenager will face Noosa Heads Childrens’ Court after being charged with stealing a phone from a local shopping centre.
Police will allege on 5 December last year, the teenager was caught on CCTV footage stealing a mobile phone from a kiosk at Noosa Civic Shopping Centre.
Police said it was through the work of the shopping centre and local police that the teen was caught within a few hours of the offence.
The teen will face Noosa Heads Childrens’ Court in February.
Something fishy
Local police joined forces with Fisheries Management in an on-water blitz on Australia Day.
Twenty-six vessels were inspected with one driver charged with drink driving after returning a BAC of 0.07 per cent and one boat owner was given a notice for safety defects.
Local police said the general feedback was that most people were happy to see them out patrolling the waterways and working together with the fisheries department to ensure the waters were safe for everyone.
Traffic blitz
Two people were caught drink driving out the front of the Noosa Heads Police Station in a long weekend traffic blitz operation.
Throughout the 25 January operation, 942 random breath tests were carried out with 12 people charged with drink driving; the highest blood alcohol reading being 0.227 per cent.
Two people were charged with dangerous drugs offences including possession, one person was charged in relation to other offences including fraud, and a further seven traffic infringement notices were handed out throughout the operation.
On Australia Day, 26 January, police inspected five local licensed venues, charging two people for stealing, one person for wilful damage, two people for drug offences and three people for public nuisance.
A further 151 random breath tests were carried out with two people charged with drink driving.
Sen Sgt McReight said that, overall, people were well behaved throughout the Noosa region with no major incidents.
