The five men stranded after their ute was washed off a road in Bogie this morning have been rescued. The RACQ CQ Rescue Helicopter retrieved the group just before 3.20pm. Police will meet the men at Proserpine Airport where they are expected to land shortly. Earlier updates here: https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/mackay/2019/01/10/update-3-search-and-rescue-bogie-near-bowen/
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Stolen solar panels, Bells Creek
Police are looking for witnesses and dash-cam footage from the Southbound lanes of the Bruce Highway, Bells Creek, overnight on January 7 and 8. Detectives are investigating the theft of a large quantity of solar panels, storage batteries and accessories from two fenced billboard sites, approximately two kilometres North of the Roy’s Road overpass. Detectives […]
Update 3: Search and rescue, Bogie (near Bowen)
The five men stranded after their ute was washed off a road in Bogie this morning (near Bowen) have been located. A nearby farmer located the men and contacted authorities. A plan for their extraction is being made, as the helicopter is unable to retrieve them right now due to fuel levels. It is not […]
Armed robbery, Nambour
Detectives are seeking public assistance to help locate a man following an armed robbery that occurred yesterday morning in Nambour. A man entered a pharmacy on Mill Street at 10.25am and produced a knife and made demands to staff for medication. When they complied, the man fled the scene without further incident. No one was […]
Update 2: Search and rescue, Bogie (near Bowen)
The search and rescue operation to locate five men stranded after their ute was washed off a road in Bogie this morning (near Bowen) is continuing. The CQ Rescue Helicopter was dispatched from Mackay after a different aircraft was unable to reach the area from Townsville due to severe weather. The CQ Rescue Helicopter reached […]
Fatal traffic crash, Wolvi
Police are investigating this morning’s fatal traffic crash on Tagigan Road, Wolvi, near Gympie. The 59-year-old man’s Mitsubishi Challenger was found shortly after 5 am. Early investigation suggests that the vehicle left the roadway sometime between 2.30 and 3 am and collided with a tree. The man passed away as a result of his injuries […]
Police close protracted drug operation in Lockyer and Brisbane valleys
Police have seized drugs, fireworks, ammunition, two vehicles and cash during the closure of Operation Quebec Brazen in the Lockyer and Brisbane Valley areas. Yesterday investigators from Forest Hill Major and Organised Crime Squad (Rural) closed the protracted operation with a number of search warrants executed on properties in the local area. Focused on the […]
Update 1: Search and rescue, Bogie (Whitsunday)
(New information in bold) Police are coordinating a search and rescue effort after a ute was washed off a road in Bogie (Whitsundays) Around 8am, police received a call from the mother of one of the ute’s occupants to say water was rising around the ute on Tondara Road, around fifteen kilometres from the Bruce […]
Search and rescue, Bogie (Whitsundays)
Police are coordinating a search and rescue effort after a ute was washed off a road in Bogie (Whitsundays) Around 8am, police received a call from the mother of one of the ute’s occupants to say water was rising around the ute on Tondara Road. It appears the ute – with five people inside – […]
Robbery, Nundah
Detectives are appealing for witnesses after a man was assaulted at his Nundah house this morning and had his car stolen. The 55-year-old man was asleep around 4.45am at his Oxford Street residence when he has heard a noise downstairs. The man went outside when he observed a man, who is not known to him, […]