Woman charged with possessing knife in public place, Townsville

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Police have charged a 21-year-old Aitkenvale woman after she was allegedly found in possession of a machete and an axe in Townsville on Monday, 19 October.

It will be alleged the man passed a backpack to a woman who was with him, Police searched the backpack and allegedly located an axe.

Police will further allege they later located a machete in nearby bushes where the woman had been intercepted by officers a short time earlier.

The woman was issued with a Notice to Appear and charged with two counts of possessing a knife in a public place.

She is due to appear in Townsville Magistrates Court on 10 November.

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