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Townsville police shocked by spate of opportunistic break-ins after floods devastate city
news.com.au ^ | FEBRUARY 7, 2019 | Rohan Smith

Posted on 02/06/2019 7:17:03 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper

... To accommodate the expected increase in looting, additional officers have been brought into the region.

Townsville mayor Jenny Hill says it’s only a matter of time before those responsible are caught.

“If anyone thinks that they can behave in that manner, I pray that the police catch them,” Cr Hill told the Townsville Bulletin.

It’s not the first time the Queensland community has been looted following a natural disaster.

There were a dozen cases of looting after Cyclone Yasi hit in February 2011.

Looters also struck during bushfires in Rockhampton and Gracemere at the end of last year.

The once-in-a-century big wet event has killed two men, forced thousands of people to evacuate and impacted 20,000 homes.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand
KEYWORDS: australia; disaster; diversity; localnews; looting

1 posted on 02/06/2019 7:17:03 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Delinquents have advertised their plans to loot flood affected areas on Facebook

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6671767/Townsville-floods-Looters-advertise-Facebook-two-dead-men-trolled.html


2 posted on 02/06/2019 7:19:45 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

“The City of Townsville.......IS UNDER ATTACK!”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2zfzZFsuZg


3 posted on 02/06/2019 7:22:45 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Who can save Townsville?


4 posted on 02/06/2019 7:24:00 PM PST by CtBigPat (Qanon - Please be real...)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

No guns for self defense?


5 posted on 02/06/2019 7:29:31 PM PST by donna (Build that wall build that wall)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Silly young men. Not really worth it in the end was it? They would have gotten away with a slap on the wrist being aboriginal. I have no doubt the cops will be blamed for the outcome ~ not being culturally sensitive enough or something of that ilk.


6 posted on 02/06/2019 7:32:00 PM PST by melsec (There's a track, winding back, to an old forgotten shack along the road to Gundagai..)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

You’ll find worthless punks anywhere you go on earth.


8 posted on 02/06/2019 7:57:26 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Mitt Romney: Bringing Massachusetts Values To The Great State Of Utah.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

The Aussie Amish.


9 posted on 02/06/2019 8:00:19 PM PST by GnuThere
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To: CtBigPat

Originally called the Whoopa** Girls. The original Professor Utonium resembled an older Dexter from Dexter’s Laboratory.


10 posted on 02/06/2019 9:01:02 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

what? NO GUNS?


11 posted on 02/07/2019 3:49:11 AM PST by ronnie raygun (nic dip.com)
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12 posted on 02/07/2019 6:10:59 AM PST by moovova
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