Man charged with hoax bomb threats

A truck driver appeared in court yesterday charged with making a string of hoax bomb threats that forced police to evacuate the public transport system in Brisbane.

Rodney Bruce Watson, 46, did not enter a plea in Magistrates Court to four charges of making hoax calls from four public phone booths.

The city's buses and trains were twice halted on Monday following bomb threats, plunging the transport network into chaos.