BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 18 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release:
Police have charged a 37-year-old Dicky Beach man following multiple alleged sexual assaults on the Sunshine Coast.
Detectives from the Caloundra Child Protection and Investigation Unit (CPIU) launched Operation Maple to investigate an alleged sexual assault on December 2, 2024.
Police will allege the man met a teenage girl at Moffat Beach to supply her with an illicit substance, before he assaulted her.
On January 16 the man was arrested and charged with 20 offences including seven counts of supply dangerous drugs to minor under 16 years, three counts each of rape and possessing dangerous drugs, and one count each of possessing anything used ...