{"id":79393,"date":"2026-08-24T21:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T21:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/79393\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T21:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T21:01:09","slug":"queensland-man-charged-over-1-million-townsville-prison-drone-drug-delivery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/79393\/","title":{"rendered":"Queensland man charged over $1 million Townsville prison drone drug delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A 47-year-old man has been charged over allegedly using a drone to deliver more than $1 million worth of drugs into a Townsville prison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Corrective services officers brought down the drone in May when it was spotted over the Townsville Correctional Centre.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Officers found a package attached to the drone containing methylamphetamine and GBL, a large quantity of prescription drugs, syringes, a glass pipe, a mobile phone and a SIM card.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A 47-year-old man has been charged with five counts of supplying dangerous drugs into a correctional facility.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tablets in a bottle and plastic bag on a table next to syringes still in packaging. \" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ba9437fe3edb714843479723c570564b.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The drone was carrying contraband estimated to be worth $1 million. (Supplied: Queensland Corrective Services)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">He has also been charged with trafficking dangerous drugs, dealing with a prohibited item in a corrective services facility, supplying a medication and drone-related offences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The man will face the Townsville Magistrates Court on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Detective Acting Inspector Erica Gray of the Corrective Services Investigation Unit said the charges are a &#8220;disruption&#8221; to the supply of drugs into Queensland prisons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;Preventing drugs from entering correctional facilities is critical to the safety of staff, prisoners and the broader community,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A similar incident was reported at the prison in 2022 when officers found a drone that had crashed while carrying illicit drugs and tobacco.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A man faced charges in 2023 over the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 47-year-old man has been charged over allegedly using a drone to deliver more than $1 million worth&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3340,22,21,8005,242,8672,5774,211,212,122024],"class_list":["post-79393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-arrest","tag-au","tag-austrlia","tag-charges","tag-drone","tag-drugs","tag-illicit-drugs","tag-qld","tag-queensland","tag-townsville-correctional-centre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}