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2 August 2025
Local man to dispute trafficking charges

A WANGARATTA man will contest charges he engaged in trafficking of drugs and possessed the proceeds of crime, after police identified four pages of text messages allegedly surrounding drug deals on his mobile phone.

Facing Wangaratta Magistrates’ Court on Monday, defence lawyer Geoff Clancy said his client would contest the police charges, which he said were based purely on text message convers...

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