Officers from Longreach Major and Organised Crime Squad (Rural) in conjunction with Longreach CIB have arrested and charged three people with 10 charges On Monday, the three were detected driving a stolen vehicle in Longreach. Investigations revealed they had also allegedly stolen fuel from a number of locations, including a Winton service station. MOCS (Rural) […]
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Armed robbery, Salisbury
Police have charged a man following an alleged armed robbery in Salisbury overnight. It will be alleged at around 6:15pm a man entered a convenience store on Toohey Road and obtained a knife from a section of the store, before demanding cash from a male staff member. The staff member complied, handing over a sum […]
Fatal traffic crash, Lowmead
A man has died following a single vehicle traffic crash at Lowmead this morning. About 11am a utility was travelling on Stockbridge Road when it left the roadway and rolled. The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle, a 61-year-old Gin Gin man, died at the scene. The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating the circumstances […]
Fatal traffic crash, Gladstone
Police are investigating a fatal traffic crash at Gladstone near Police Creek this morning. At about 6:45am a 44-year-old Brisbane man was riding a motorcycle East on the on the Dawson Highway. He attempted to overtake a vehicle, left the roadway and collided with a guard-rail. The 44-year-old man died at the scene. The Forensic […]
Stolen trailer and tools, Ashgrove
Detectives are investigating the theft of a trailer containing over $50,000 worth of tradesman tools from a construction site in Ashgrove in the early hours of February 5. It is believed the three-tonne, grey Phoenix trailer with registration number 719-QYL may have sustained damage as it was removed from the site. A white Nissan Navarra […]
UPDATE: Police appeal for help in identifying a woman – Dicky Beach – the woman has now been identified
Police have now established the identity of the woman and are in the sad process of notifying her family. There is no further information available at this time. A report will be prepared for the coroner. Earlier Media Release: Police appeal for help in identifying a woman – Dicky Beach Sunshine Coast police are appealing […]
Police appeal for help in identifying a woman – Dicky Beach
Sunshine Coast police are appealing for public assistance to help identify a woman whose body was located on Dicky Beach shortly after 5am this morning. Preliminary information suggests the woman had gone swimming at an unknown location north of Dicky Beach where it is believed she then got into difficulties. She is described as Caucasian, […]
Police bust alleged drug trafficking syndicate in South Brisbane
Police have charged 22 people as part of an operation targeting a drug trafficking syndicate operating in the South Brisbane District. Detectives from Upper Mount Gravatt CIB and South Brisbane Tactical Crime Squads executed 21 search warrants over a 3-day period as part of Operation Quebec Paddle which ran from February 4 to 6. During […]
Police documents located, Barron
The Queensland Police Service (QPS) is conducting inquiries into a matter where filing cabinets containing police documents were located at a Barron commercial waste facility on Tuesday. It appears the filing cabinets may have been inadvertently disposed of as part of a wider scale removal of furniture which recently sustained water damage at Cairns Police […]
Update: Armed robbery charges, Brisbane and Logan
Police have arrested six people following investigations into a series of armed robberies in Brisbane and Logan in the past week. It will be alleged a group were involved in armed robberies at a service stations in Underwood last night and at another in Slacks Creek on February 11. It will further be alleged a […]