Detectives investigating the murder of Abdul Mohammed last October have established a secondary crime scene in Kuraby as part of Operation Papa Senator. Investigators from Acacia Ridge Criminal Investigation Branch and State Crime Command Homicide Investigation Unit established the crime scene at an address on Didcot Street yesterday. The scene is expected to be in […]
Category: Queensland Police News Updates
Cold Case murder arrest
Homicide detectives from the State Crime Command’s Cold Case Investigation Team have today charged a man in relation to a 1987 Brisbane murder. The man’s arrest will now trigger a legal mechanism under chapter 68 (exceptions to double jeopardy) of the Criminal Code Act 1899 whereby application will be made to the Court for an […]
Habitual consorting charge, Gold Coast
As part of ongoing efforts to identify and disrupt habitual OMCG consorting activities, members of State Crime Command’s Taskforce Maxima Gold Coast have charged a 22-year-old Main Beach man. The man was charged yesterday afternoon and is due to appear in Southport Watchhouse this morning. He has been charged with breach of bail and one […]
Fatal traffic crash, Toolara Forest
The Forensic Crash Unit is continuing to investigate a traffic crash in which an 82-year-old man died at Toolara Forest yesterday. Initial indications indicate a sedan was travelling south-west on Tin Can Bay Road when it left the roadway and collided with a power pole. The Rainbow Beach man was pronounced deceased at the scene. […]
Shooting incident – Helensvale
Detectives are investigating after a 46-year-old man was located with a gunshot wound to his leg at Helensvale this afternoon. Around 2.30pm the man was found lying on the side of Helensvale Road with a gunshot injury to the lower right leg. He has been transported to the Gold Coast University Hospital for treatment to […]
Brett Schafferius appointed Assistant Commissioner
Police Commissioner Ian Stewart has today announced the appointment of Brett Schafferius as an Assistant Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service (QPS). Assistant Commissioner Schafferius was previously the Far Northern District Officer, and will take over the Community Contact Command portfolio. “I am very pleased today to welcome Assistant Commissioner Schafferius to the Executive Leadership […]
Drugs and 3D weapons seizure, Mudjimba
Police have located dangerous drugs and a number of handguns allegedly produced by a 3D printer during the search of Mudjimba residence yesterday. Officers attended the Currawong Street address around 8.30am and made the discovery which also included false driver licences and credit cards allegedly made using printers and scanning equipment. The three handguns and […]
Crop-a-Cop brings officer together with survivor, 20 years later
Acting Superintendent Joe Jaramozovic was recently reunited with Townsville local, Taylor Byrnes after the 2018 Gold Coast Marathon but, this is not where their story first began. In 1997, Acting Superintendent Jaramozovic, then a Constable with the Gold Coast Crime Unit, participated in the annual Crop-a-Cop fundraising event for cancer. Pictured below, he had the […]
Fatal traffic crash, Deeragun
The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating a fatal single vehicle traffic crash at Derragun overnight. Police and emergency services were called to the Bruce Highway at 10.40pm after a man was located unconscious near a motorbike by an off duty police officer. The officer commenced CPR but the 41-year-old man was pronounced deceased at the […]
Robbery with violence, Kirwan
Police are investigating after a man in an electric wheelchair was robbed and assaulted in Kirwan this morning. Around 11.45am the 22-year-old man was travelling home from the local shops on Kern Brothers Drive when he was approached by two men riding mountain bikes asking for cigarettes. When the man refused, one of the riders […]