Ipswich Police have charged 117 people with 207 offences following a four-day operation targeting drug driving and dangerous drugs in the Peak Crossing area over the weekend. The operation was conducted between February 14 and February 19, coinciding with a local festival. The operation utilised officers from Harrisville Police, the Roadside Drug Testing Unit, Ipswich Road […]
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Theft of memorial statue, Mount Morgan
Police have launched a public appeal to locate the memorial statue of a little boy who drowned at Mount Morgan dam which was stolen from a park at the end of last year. Thieves attended the park at Mount Morgan dam on Byrnes Parade sometime between November 30 and December 2, 2018 and took the […]
Assault charge, Mooroobool
A 28-year-old Westcourt man has been charged by detectives from the Cairns Child Protection and Investigation Unit following investigations into an alleged break-in of a home in Mooroobool on Wednesday during which time a young girl was assaulted. Police will allege the girl woke around 6.30am on February 20 to find a man lying in […]
Unexplained injury – Arundel
Police are appealing for public assistance after a 37-year-old woman was located unconscious in the driveway of a unit complex in Arundel last night, February 21. Around 6.45pm the local woman was transported by emergency services to hospital after a passer-by located her unconscious in Callistemon Court. The woman has sustained an unexplained life-threatening head […]
Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, Toowoomba
Police have charged a man after a stolen vehicle collided with a police car early this morning. It will be alleged at around 12:30am a man struck a 38-year-old man in the head with a rock, before stealing his car from an address in Bundamba. The 38-year-old man was transported to Ipswich General Hospital for […]
Traffic operation, Richlands
Disqualified or unlicensed drivers have been targeted in a one-day traffic operation in Brisbane’s north yesterday. Operation Romeo Drawbridge involved officers from the Mt Ommaney Road Policing Unit, along with general duties officers. Almost 50 motorists were detected as part of the operation with five charged for allegedly disqualified driving away from court. Other offences […]
QPS recognised as blood donation champions
Today, Commissioner Ian Stewart attended a Red Cross breakfast and accepted an award on behalf of the QPS for having the highest blood donations across all Queensland government departments for 2018. We are pleased to announce that a total of 2205 QPS officers and staff members from across the state took part in the Red […]
Attempted robbery, Kilcoy
Police are investigating the attempted robbery of a service station in Kilcoy late last night. Just before midnight, a new model Landcruiser pulled into a service station on Hope Street and parked at the rear of the business. The male passenger exited the vehicle, tied a chain to the tow ball of the vehicle, smashed […]
Boaties warned of extreme weather
Water Police are warning all boaties and swimmers to consider staying away from the surf as extreme weather conditions, whipped up by Tropical Cyclone Oma, sets-in across the southern Queensland coast. Strong winds and large swell are predicted to increase to severe gale force winds and damaging swell by the weekend. Water Police Senior Sergeant […]
Burglary with violence, Elanora
Detectives are investigating a burglary with violence at an Elanora home that occurred in the early hours of this morning. Around 1.30am five men wearing balaclavas forced entry into a Bunbury Court residence and threatened the three occupants. The men were armed as they moved through the home damaging property, one of them struck a […]