Sometimes, policing in Far North Queensland means jumping into rivers where crocodiles lurk, if it means saving a life. That’s the position officers in Cairns found themselves in tonight. Around 6.45pm a tourist bus and trailer crashed in Smiths Creek in Fearnley Street with the interior of the cabin quickly filling with water. A passing […]
Category: Queensland Police News Updates
Appeal for assistance after woman assaulted on walking trail, Pelican Waters
Sunshine Coast detectives are appealing for public assistance to help locate a man after a woman was assaulted whilst out walking at Pelican Waters yesterday (Saturday, September 22). The 49-year-old was walking on a bush walking track in the Pelican Waters Nature Reserve, near Tweddell Drive, when she observed a man sitting on a black […]
Armed robbery and dangerous driving charges, Raceview
Three teens have been charged after the alleged stolen vehicle they were driving was intercepted by police at Raceview on Saturday night, September 22. Police observed the vehicle on Smiths Road, Goodna and successfully deployed a tyre deflation device on the same road at Redbank at around 9.10pm. The vehicle was then allegedly driven at […]
Appeal for assistance – Serious assault, Goodna
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a man who may be able to assist with inquiries into the serious assault of a woman earlier this year. Around 7.30pm on Thursday April 12, a 49-year-old woman was located in bushland near a shopping centre in Goodna with substantial facial injuries including a broken […]
Robbery with violence, Ashgrove
Police have issued two boys with notices to appear following investigations into a robbery at Ashgrove last night. Around 11.30pm, it is alleged the pair entered the Waterworks Road Service Station, walked behind the counter and took tobacco products. It will further be alleged, when the store attendant attempted to stop them, the boys assaulted […]
Fatal pedestrian incident, Wynnum
Police are investigating a fatal pedestrian incident at Wynnum last night. Around 7pm a 37-year-old man left an address before crossing Berrima Street towards Bay Terrace. While crossing the street, he was struck by a vehicle. QAS treated the man however he was pronounced deceased at the scene. The female driver of the car was […]
Update: Sexual assault charges, Brisbane
Detectives are appealing for public assistance after a man claiming to be a ride-sharing service driver allegedly sexually assaulted two women in Brisbane in the past month. It is alleged the man sexually assaulted a 23-year-old woman on Saturday, September 8 and a 25-year-old woman on Sunday, September 16. It will further be alleged the […]
Sexual assault charges, Brisbane
Detectives investigating the alleged sexual assault of two women in separate incidents this month have charged a man claiming to be a ride-sharing service driver. As a result of a joint investigation detectives from the Carseldine Criminal Investigation Branch executed a search warrant at an address in Carindale yesterday where a 41-year-old man was arrested. […]
Fatal pedestrian incident, Tara
Police are investigating a fatal pedestrian incident in Tara last night. Just after a 7pm, a man aged in his 20s was struck by a vehicle while walking on Tara Kogan Road. The man was transported to Tara Hospital for treatment where he was later pronounced deceased. The male driver of the vehicle was not […]
Fatal traffic crash, Stafford
One person has died in a single vehicle, fatal traffic crash which happened earlier this morning. At 2am, a vehicle travelling on Appleby Road at Stafford, left the road, crashed through a fence and hit the front of a house. One person was declared deceased at the scene. A second person was taken to the […]