Gold Coast Police were disappointed with the number of drivers who were detected drink or drug driving during an overnight traffic enforcement operation codenamed Quebec Blue Strike. The operation ran from 4pm Thursday August 2, 2018 to 2am Friday August 3, 2018 with high visibility policing and traffic enforcement across the Gold Coast. The aim […]
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Darling Downs drug operation
Police have seized illicit drugs and arrested 121 people on 377 charges while conducting an operation across the Darling Downs. Operation Quebec Trawler commenced last month, targeting drug offenders including those involved in the use, supply and distribution of ICE and Cannabis. Officer in Charge of the Darling Downs District Tactical Crime Squad, Senior Sergeant […]
Robbery investigation, Keperra
Ferny Grove detectives investigating the alleged robbery of a man at Keperra on July 28 have released images of three males who may be able to assist them with their investigations. Around 7.45pm on Saturday evening a 41-year-old local man was walking south along Dawson Parade when he was approached by three teenagers, with one […]
Armed robbery, Forest Lake
Police are investigating after a young woman was threatened with a firearm and robbed as she walked from a bus stop in Forest Lake last night. The 19-year-old woman left the stop on Forest Lake Boulevard around 8.10pm and was walking along Settlers Circuit when she heard footsteps approaching behind her. She was then tackled […]
Unlawful wounding, Southport
Gold Coast detectives have charged a woman after a man was allegedly attacked and wounded with a pair of scissors in Southport this afternoon. It will be alleged at around 2.50pm a woman attended a residence on Dowling Street where she became involved in a verbal altercation with a man who was known to her. […]
Couple charged over “Back to Work” grants fraud
A 51-year-old man has today appeared before the Brisbane Magistrates Court after being arrested and charged by detectives from the State Crime Command’s Financial and Cyber Crime Group following a complaint of fraud from the Queensland Government regarding the ‘Back to Work’ grants program. A 43-year-old woman has also been noticed to appear before the […]
Fatal crash, Bribie Island
An 88-year-old Caboolture man has died in hospital today following a single vehicle crash on July 31. At 7.30am, the man was driving along First Avenue at Woorim, approaching the roundabout with Arcadia Avenue. The vehicle drove across the roundabout and then collided with a tree. He was transported to Caboolture Hospital for treatment to […]
Homicide, Mango Hill
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman at Mango Hill. At about 1pm today a Triple Zero (000) call was received alerting police to an incident at a house on Topaz Street. Police arrived at the residence a short time later and located the body of a women in her 70s. […]
Dedication ceremony for fallen QPS officers
Commissioner Ian Stewart joined officers, families, and Friends of the Queensland Police Museum (FOQPM) at Toowong Cemetery on Tuesday to mark the restoration of the graves of two fallen QPS members who died over a century ago. The two graves were that of Constable Benjamin Ebbitt and Sergeant Thomas Heaney who died as a result […]
Burglary with violence, Morningside
Police are investigating after a woman was assaulted and cut with a knife during the attempted burglary of a business at Morningside yesterday evening (August 1). At around 5.45pm a 37-year-old female employee disturbed a man who had entered the premises on Breene Place and was taking items from a lower level meeting room. As […]