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An estimated 3,000-plus people packed Goombungee on Saturday for the popular Jacaranda Day festival with crowds from across southern Queensland gathering to enjoy the country hospitality, entertainment and fun-dilled street parade.
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RIGHT: MacKenzie and Myllee enjoy snow cones under the jacaranda trees on Saturday.
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A Kingsthorpe man and Toowoomba man were arrested after they were found in possession of a stolen vehicle at Kingsthorpe on Saturday night. Senior Constable Scott Bronkhurst said a Toyota Corolla stolen from a Silkstone address was sighted in the Kingsthorpe area at about midnight. “Oakey Police tracked the vehicle to KingsthorpeHaden Road where they deployed stingers,” he said.
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“This was successful. “The vehicle continued driving in a southerly direction before coming to a stop.” Snr. Const. Bronkhurst said the driver decamped the vehicle and ran into a farming property off Kingsthorpe-Haden Road,
north of the Warrego Highway. He said the Toowoomba dog squad attended the scene and arrested the man. He said a 29-years-old Kingsthorpe man was charged with unlawful use of a motor vehicle.
“Subsequent inquiries led police to the Gowrie Hotel where they arrested a 20-years-old Toowoomba man,” Snr. Const. Bronkhurst said. “He was charged with unlawful use of a motor vehicle, stealing, burglary and drug offences.”
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