Mystery of dumped emergency beacon stumps cops

Derek Barry
Updated August 8 2017 - 4:47pm, first published 4:30pm
BEACON OF HOPE: How EPIRBs work at sea. It's not certain whether they should be use for distressed vessels in a tip!
BEACON OF HOPE: How EPIRBs work at sea. It's not certain whether they should be use for distressed vessels in a tip!

A stray radio beacon caused havoc in the Gulf last week and left police scratching their heads about how it was activated.

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Derek Barry

Derek Barry

Editor, the North West Star

Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.

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