Detectives have charged three people following a protracted investigation into the death of a 43-year-old man at Hope Island on 11 April this year.

An investigation was launched in July after police received correspondence from the Coroner’s Office regarding the man’s cause of death.

Toxicology results from a post-mortem examination confirmed the man died from acute pentobarbitone toxicity, a veterinary euthanasia drug listed as a schedule two substance under the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987.

Investigations were complex, with Detectives from Gold Coast Criminal Investigation Branch and the Homicide Investigation Unit conducting extensive inquiries into the man’s health, care, and treatment in the period leading up to his death, as well as the circumstances of his death.

Police will all

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