A 44-year-old Monkland man has been charged with the alleged theft of a quantity of meat from a Gympie business last week as investigators appeal to locate two others involved.
Police say that at around 2.30am last Thursday, two men forced open the doors of an unmarked refrigeration truck parked on Young Street near Smithfield Street across from a meat processing facility.
Footage shows the men opening the truck’s rear doors and removing boxes of meat.
“A trio seen coming from a white Suzuki Vitara with a silver nudge bar and one spotlight on the driver’s side remove a large quantity of meat from the rear of the truck before driving off,” Queensland Police said in a statement.
On Saturday, police executed a search warrant at a Noosa Road property in Gympie where they located and seized a quantity of meat stored there.
A man was arrested at the location and charged with enter premises and wilful damage.
He appeared in the Gympie Magistrates Court today as investigators appeal for information to identify to others seen removing the meat.
Police say the meat recovered will be donated to the local RSPCA.
