Police are investigating a fatal traffic crash that occurred yesterday afternoon near Cloncurry. Initial investigations suggest that a road train and a ute collided on the Barkley Highway around 40km west of Cloncurry at 4.50pm. The driver of the truck, a 32-year-old man, was pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver of the ute, a […]
Category: Queensland Police News Updates
Armed robbery, Crestmead
Police are investigating after two people were threatened with a knife in their Crestmead home this afternoon. Around 1.45pm a man and woman, both in their seventies, were at their Coffey Street home when two young men have forced entry though the garage door. They threatened the man with a knife and chisel before searching […]
Arrest of Mongols OMCG member
Investigators from the Gold Coast Major and Organised Crime Squad (MOCS) have today arrested a 28-year-old Merrimac man with possessing a quantity of performance and image enhancing drugs and wearing a prohibited item in public. It will be alleged by police the man is a member of the Mongols Outlaw Motorcycle Club and was identified […]
Two-day operation results in 48 drug and firearms offences
Investigators from the Logan Major and Organised Crime Squad have today closed a two-day operation targeting drug and firearms offences committed across the Gold Coast and Logan area. As part of Operation Quebec Elm, investigators working in partnership with Logan District Police and specialist units executed search warrants on six properties in the Gold Coast, […]
Police seize cannabis during traffic intercept, Minden
Police have located more than $1 million dollars worth of cannabis during a routine traffic intercept on the Warrego Highway at Minden overnight. Around 7pm, officers from Ipswich Tactical Crime Squad (TCS) were carrying out patrols when they intercepted a Hyundai iLoad on the Warrego Highway. A subsequent search of the vehicle resulted in the […]
Four charged over drugs, Surfers Paradise
Police have charged four people, after allegedly locating a significant quantity of drugs and cash at a Surfers Paradise apartment yesterday afternoon. Around 3pm, Gold Coast detectives executed a search warrant on Ferny Avenue, where they allegedly located around 35 grams of methylamphetamine (ICE), valued in excess of $14 000, 1.5 litres of GHB (Fantasy), […]
Man charged over arson, Upper Coomera
Police have charged a man over an alleged assault of a woman and arson at an Upper Coomera residence on Saturday, March 9. Around 8.50pm, police received reports of a building on fire. It will be alleged that a man assaulted a 29-year-old woman, who was known to him, at the address before pouring an […]
Wounding, Labrador
Police are investigating after a man was located at Labrador this morning suffering serious stab-wounds. Around 6.06am, police were alerted by QAS to a man who had been stabbed in the back at McMillan Street. The 28-year-old man was located on the street by members of the public, with a large knife in his right […]
Update 8: Death investigation, Karawatha
Detectives have charged a further four people following the investigation into the death of a woman at Karawatha last month. The body of Megan Kirley was found at a Wembley Road property just after 3am on Saturday, February 9. A 21-year-old Waterford West man, a 28-year-old Slacks Creek man, a 42-year-old Kingston woman and a […]
Deprivation on liberty charges, Mackay
Police have charged a man following an incident at a business in Paget this morning. It will be alleged around 10.20am police were called to a Caterpillar Drive business after reports an armed man attended, threatened the manager and was holding him in the office. Police negotiators spoke with the man and after around 20 […]