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Scott Anderson. Photo Tweed Byron Local Area Command
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With the assistance of local community, Scott Anderson was located by plainclothes officers yesterday 30 January 2017.

Anderson was stopped in a white Holden Commodore on Leisure Drive Banora Point, and placed under arrest. He was charged with the two outstanding arrest warrants that related to domestic assault and intimidation.

Drugs were also found on him at the time of arrest and as a result his bail was refused by police. He will appear at Tweed Heads Local Court today the 31 st January 2017.

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