BRISBANE, Queensland, March 16 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement:
JOINT STATEMENT
Premier and Minister for Veterans
The Honourable David Crisafulli
Minister for Police and Emergency Services
The Honourable Dan Purdie
Crisafulli Government's new State Flying Squad arrests 288 people during landmark operations
* Specialist police attached to the new Queensland Police State Flying Squad have arrested 288 people in Cairns and on the Gold Coast.
* TheCrisafulli Government unveiled the new Squad in January to target the worst juvenile and adult offenders.
* Youth offenders were specifically targeted in the Cairns operation, while both adult and youth offenders were targeted during the Gold Coast operation.
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