Qld: Man at footy match found with loaded guns

AAP General News (Australia)
08-21-2006
Qld: Man at footy match found with loaded guns

BRISBANE, Aug 21 AAP - A man has been charged after allegedly having in his possession
two loaded guns at a football match in central Queensland.

Police today said they seized the firearms, ammunition and drugs when they arrested
the man at the Rockhampton Saleyard football ground in John Street in Rockhampton about
10am (AEST) yesterday.

The man was allegedly carrying the guns in a cooler bag along with what is believed
to be amphetamines, ecstasy and LSD.

Police later searched a Nobbs Street address in North Rockhampton and allegedly found
more illegal drugs.

The man has been charged with 17 drug and weapon-related offences and is due to appear
in the Rockhampton Magistrates Court today.

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