Ice dealers face more than 260 charges

Police claim Operation Volta has smashed a drug network in the South Burnett region following raids at Murgon and Kingaroy that focused on breaking the supply chain of methylamphetamine in local communities.

Ice, cash and drug paraphernalia were collected in the raids, with police claiming the trio had been dealing ice for more than a year.

They were slapped with 266 charges, while another two culprits were nabbed in the raids.

Detective Inspector Mat Kelly said the raids and subsequent arrests would put a severe dent in trafficking in the region, which is about a couple of hundred…