Officers from State Crime Command’s Major and Organised Crime Squad (Rural) have charged a 41-year-old Laidley man with five counts of fraud following an investigation into alleged company fraud activities totalling over $1million. The investigation, known as Operation Quebec Oblivion focused on the role the man allegedly played with companies involved in supplying meat for […]
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Suspicious grass fires, Bowen
Police are appealing for public assistance in relation to a number of suspicious grass fires being investigated south of Bowen. Initial investigations indicate between 9am and 11am today, approximately 20 spot fires were lit on Peter Delemothe Road between Bowen and Collinsville. Police are seeking information in relation to a white van that was observed […]
Assault, Burleigh Heads
Police have released vision as part of an appeal for public assistance to identify two men they wish to speak with in relation to the assault of a man and woman at Burleigh Heads last month. Around 10.00pm on Thursday October 4, a 63-year-old Burleigh Heads man and 60-year-old Burleigh Heads woman were walking home […]
Minister congratulates Project Booyah graduates
Minister for Police and Minister for Corrective Services, the Honourable Mark Ryan, congratulated 11 Project Booyah participants from the Redcliffe and Pine Rivers area who graduated yesterday. Project Booyah aims to give at-risk young people skills for life and employability through police mentoring, leadership skills, adventure-based learning and vocational pathways. These methods help them feel […]
QPS Breast Cancer Challenge Coins raise over $11,000
In August 2017, two members of the Queensland Police Service, Sergeants Lesley Phinn and Sue Newton, with approval from Cancer Council Queensland, marketed a Breast Cancer Challenge Coin. The coin was designed by Senior Constable Richard Power. A challenge coin is a small coin or medallion bearing an organisation’s insignia and is traditionally exchanged with […]
Have you spotted any lost calves?
Acting on information received from the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries inspectors in the Emerald Springsure area, officers from the Rockhampton Major and Organised Crime Squad (Rural) conducted an investigation into suspected stealing of stock in the Springsure area. On November 3 2018, officers executed a search warrant at a Springsure address and seized 20 […]
SMS scam alert – Medicare
Scammers have produced a new SMSishing scam targeting Medicare. The clone of the website aims to trick you into providing your personal details. Please see the alert below from Stay Smart Online for more information. What’s happened? Watch out for fake SMS text messages pretending to be from Medicare. These are phishing messages that encourage you […]
Armed robbery, Loganlea
Detectives are investigating after an armed robbery in Loganlea yesterday afternoon. Preliminary investigations indicate at around 5:00pm a woman was approached by a man as she exited her car at a business on Coral Street. The man threatened the woman with a small axe before stealing her car keys and fleeing the scene in her […]
Day six of Gold Coast Schoolies 2018
It was a busy night in Surfer Paradise last night with a large crowd descending on the entertainment precinct for day six of schoolies on the Gold Coast. Despite the large crowd there were only eight schoolies charged with twelve offences overnight, mainly relating to drug and public nuisance offences. One schoolie was given a […]
Suspicious unit fire, Highgate Hill
Police are investigating a suspicious unit fire that occurred at Highgate Hill this afternoon. At about 12.10pm, police attended a unit complex at Rosecliffe Street in relation to a fire at that location which also destroyed four vehicles parked at the complex. No one was injured during the blaze. Initial investigations into the fire have […]