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Fraser Barton

Specialist police squad to swoop on youth crime areas

Queensland's State Flying Squad is receiving a funding boost to help combat youth crime. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

A state youth crime rapid response unit will be bolstered by the addition of 41 new officers a month after tougher laws were passed.

The Queensland government is injecting $32.4 million across five years to the State Flying Squad, whose officers are deployed to crime hotspots.

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