Thieves steal rum cartons

THREE offenders broke into the Cattle Camp Hotel, Charleville, at 2am on Saturday, stealing cartons of rum.

Hotel owner Ian Tyack said the offenders bent the drive-thru roller door, slid underneath and stole seven cartons of rum cubes, a 10-pack of rum cans and two 10-packs of Wild Turkey cans.

“We’ve got camera footage of them,” he said.

“The police cut them off in Morven and brought them back here, so that’s a great job.”

Mr Tyack said this was the second time he had been robbed within a month.

On December 4, thieves stole $200 petty cash from a draw and $340 from pokie machines.

Mr Tyack said Cattle Camp had been broken into about eight times since he bought the hotel in 1999.

“Two within a month, it adds up, it all costs me,” he said.

“I’ve got 16 cameras in and around the hotel and 10 cameras in the pokie machine area.

“I’m now in the throes of putting in an alarm system that will go straight through to my home and into the manager’s quarters,” he said.

“As soon as one of the doors opens, sirens will go off.”

A Queensland Police spokesman said a 19-year-old Wilsonton man had been charged with entering a premises and committing an indictable offence in relation to the incident.

Investigations are continuing.

If you have any information call Policelink on 131444 or Crime Stoppers on 1800333000.