A MAN recently felt the wrath of Dandenong Drug Court after bringing some of his stash to the courthouse.
The man, who is on a drug treatment court-order, arrived at court with a mints tin containing drug “residue” a defence lawyer told a judge.
He realised his mistake and threw the tin in a bin outside the court prior to being screened by court security.
Unluckily for him, an alert PSO retrieved the tin and arrested the man.
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DANDENONG Magistrates’ Court dock and two custody officers were not enough to restrain one highly agitated offender.
The accused’s bail application came to an abrupt halt when he barrelled through the dock’s gate, bursting into the public gallery.
Fortunately, two police officers were in the courtroom and offered immediate reinforcement.
There was some doubt over whether the accused would find the inner calm to resume his quest for bail.
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MORE than 10 per cent of Pakenham and Cranbourne line trains were late during January, Public Transport Victoria figures show.
South East Metropolitan Greens MP Nina Springle said it was unacceptable that only 87 per cent of Pakenham line services and 89 per cent of Cranbourne line trains arrived on time in January.
“Given a train can be five minutes late and still considered on-time, this is a disastrous result,” she said.”
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