Qld: Former MP's son appears in court on drug charge

AAP General News (Australia)
12-04-2008
Qld: Former MP's son appears in court on drug charge

BRISBANE, Dec 4 AAP - The son of a former Howard government minister will front court
on a charge of trafficking a dangerous drug.

Ian Kelly, 21, was allegedly trafficking ecstasy in Mackay over an 11-month period
between March 2007 and February 2008.

His mother, former frontbencher De-Anne Kelly, was the Nationals member for Dawson
for eight of those 11 months.

Kelly was one of 21 people arrested by police earlier this year as part of a covert
drug operation code-named Golf Alarm.

When Kelly faced a committal hearing in the Mackay Magistrates Court on Wednesday he
was not required to enter a plea.

He was granted bail after being charged with one count of trafficking dangerous drug.

Kelly will appear in the Mackay Supreme Court on a date after January 2009.

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