A man has been charged following investigations into the assault of a teenage girl in Blackstone on 14 October.

Around 11.30pm Wednesday, police were called to bushland on Thomas Street, following reports a 13-year-old girl had allegedly been assaulted by a man, not known to her.

Officers arrived at the scene within 10 minutes, with the alleged offender having already fled in a black Toyota Kluger.

Following immediate inquires and investigations by Ipswich Child Protection and Investigation Unit officers, as well as Ipswich District Intelligence officers, police located a 41-year-old man at a Cooneana Street, Bundamba, address on Friday, 16 October.

The man has since been charged with one count each of indecent treatment of children under 16 and supplying dangerous drugs to minor under 16 years.

He has been remanded in custody and is due to appear in Ipswich Magistrates Court on 19 October.

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