Police have charged two men with drug trafficking after a vehicle was intercepted in Gladstone today. It will be alleged around 1.45pm officers intercepted a vehicle on Tank Street before locating a quantity of methamphetamine, cannabis, other dangerous drugs, drug paraphernalia, and a sum of cash. A 24-year-old New Auckland man was charged with seven […]
A man has suffered fatal injuries when he was struck by a ute at the intersection of Helliwell and Beaudesert Roads tonight. The man, believed to be aged in his 40s, attempted to cross Beaudesert Road at around 6pm when he was struck by a ute travelling in the inbound lane. He died at the […]
Police have rescued an 82-year-old lady from a smoke-filled unit in Garbutt this afternoon. At around 4:45pm, Townsville police attended a reported unit fire in a Gordon Street unit complex, where they initially detected smoke and heard fire alarms sounding. Upon reaching the unit, there was heavy white smoke coming from around a locked security […]
An 18-year-old man has been charged with unlawful wounding following investigations into the alleged assault of a man and woman in a unit at Surfers Paradise last Monday night, June 3, 2013. It will be alleged that around 9.15pm three men forced entry to an Old Burleigh Road unit through a locked front door and […]
A third person has died following a two vehicle head-on traffic crash near Dalby on Sunday. Around 2.30pm a car and a truck collided on the Warrego Highway about 15 kilometres east of Dalby. The driver of the car, a 39-year-old Chinchilla man, and one of his passengers, a 41-year-old man were pronounced deceased […]
Two men have been charged in relation to the break and enter of an auto accessories retail store at Nerang in the early hours of this morning. Just after 1am a security patrol responded to an alarm at the Spencer Road premises. The security guard observed offenders on the site and called police. Police attended […]
Police have charged a 24-year-old man with drug and weapons related offences following the search of a vehicle at Everton Park yesterday. It will be alleged around 3pm officers searched the vehicle parked at a Felstead Street address where they located a quantity of methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia, and two firearms. A 24-year-old Browns Plains man […]
Police are investigating after fire destroyed a classroom at an educational facility on Mornington Island yesterday afternoon. Officers were called to the Lardil Street premises around 5.45pm where a classroom was engulfed by flames. The building was destroyed as a result of the blaze. At this stage, the incident is being treated as suspicious and […]
Police are investigating the armed robbery of a Slacks Creek convenience store this afternoon. Around 4.55pm a man entered the Kingston Road store and threatened the female attendant with a knife while making demands for cash. The man fled with a sum of cash and was last seen riding off on a bicycle in a […]
A 60-year-old man died this afternoon following a single vehicle crash at Crossdale. Preliminary investigations indicate that a motorcycle was travelling along Wivenhoe-Somerset Rd, Crossdale, near the Sandy Creek Bridge, around 3.30pm when the bike crashed. The man was pronounced deceased at the scene and investigations by the Forensic Crash Unit continue. Anyone with information […]