The front of the Sportfirst shop in Alford Street, Kingaroy, was boarded up and the store closed on Monday

July 5, 2021

A 19-year-old Cherbourg man faces a string of charges after an allegedly stolen vehicle was driven through the front windows of a Kingaroy business early on Sunday morning.

The incident occurred at the Sportfirst store in Alford Street at some time between 12:30am and 7:00am.

Items of clothing were allegedly stolen from the store.

The man was later located by police and arrested.

He had been charged with the theft of four vehicles: from Cherbourg on June 30; Wondai on July 3; and Kingaroy on July 4.

He also faces charges of break-and-enter, stealing petrol at Narangba on July 1 and two counts of unlicensed driving.

The man was due to appear in Kingaroy Magistrates Court on Monday.

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In an unrelated incident, a shop window in Drayton Street, Nanango, was smashed in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Investigations are continuing but it is believed the window was smashed with a baseball bat.

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A 35-year-old Booie man will appear in Kingaroy Magistrates Court on August 2 after a police search of a property on Hillsdale Road on Sunday morning.

They allegedly found a small hydroponic cannabis setup, cannabis brownies and four cannabis plants.

The search was carried out after 52 LSD tablets were allegedly found in mail addressed to the resident on June 26.

The man has been charged with producing, supplying and possessing a dangerous drug, and possessing property used in a drug-related offence.

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