TIP-OFFS HELP CLEAN UP STREETS
PUBLIC tip-offs led to more than $300,000 worth of drugs being taken off Gold Coast streets in 2017.
New data from Crime Stoppers Queensland has revealed the big role tip-offs play in helping bust drug networks.
Gold Coast Crime Stoppers received 2994 tipoffs from the public.
These tip-offs helped police seize $325,570 of drugs.
This does not include drugs police seized without any public tip-offs.
Crime Stoppers CoolangattaTweed president Keith Knight said that public help was “absolutely crucial” to help police break drug rings.
“Reports to Crime Stoppers of drugs have been increasing across the community in recent years,” he said.
“They do not discriminate. It does not matter who you are, drugs can absolutely destroy your life.
“Schools have become a big problem regarding drugs, they are absolutely rampant in our schools.
“Crime Stoppers are only scratching the surface of the problem.”
Statewide, drug notifications made up two thirds of calls to the service.
To report a crime anonymously, visit crimestoppersqld.com.au or phone 1800 333 000.