TABLELANDS PROPERTY CRIME UNIT CHARGES MORE THAN 200 OFFENDERS IN SIX-MONTH CRIME CRACKDOWN

BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 22 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement:

Minister for Police and Emergency Services

The Honourable Dan Purdie

* More than 200 offenders have been charged with 868 offences in the first six months of the Tablelands Property Crime Unit. * The dedicated Unit was launched by the Crisafulli Government to target serious repeat offenders and reduce stolen vehicle offences and property crime across the Tablelands. * TheCrisafulli Government is making Queensland safer and continuing to back police with the tools they need to turn the tide Labor's Youth Crime Crisis.

The Crisafulli Government ismaking Far North Queensland safer, with the Tablelands Property Cr...