Police are investigating two armed robberies at motels in Oxley and Hamilton this evening. Just before 7.30pm a group of men entered the reception area of a motel on Ipswich Road at Oxley before producing a firearm and demanding money from an employee. The staff member complied with their demands and the men fled the […]
Police are investigating the attempted armed robbery and assault of a 57-year-old woman at Inala this afternoon. Around 3pm the woman was in a library car park on Inala Avenue when a man struck her in the head with a metal object. He then grabbed the woman’s handbag and a struggle ensued before he let go […]
Police have charged a 32-year-old man with unlawful wounding following investigations into an incident at Goodna last night. Around 10.50pm, police were called to a disturbance at a Dorricott Crescent residence where a 24-year-old man had sustained two stab wounds to his leg. He was transported to the Princess Alexandra Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. A […]
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate the mother of a baby who was found this morning on the front steps of a house at Kingston. The residents of the home discovered the baby at about 5.30am. The male baby is of Pacific Islander or Samoan appearance and is believed to have been […]
A police officer sustained minor injuries to his arms and hands after being dragged a short distance by a stolen car that he had attempted to intercept at Warwick last evening. Around 9.10pm police conducting mobile patrols stopped a suspected stolen green Holden Commodore sedan on Victoria Street. As police approached the car it reversed […]
Police are investigating after a man was injured following an explosion early this morning. Preliminary information indicates three men were camping in state forest off Bybera Road, approximately 40 kilometres from Inglewood, when, what is believed to have been a mining detonator, discharged injuring one of the men at about 12.45am. The 41-year-old from Bethania sustained […]
Police are investigating after a service station was robbed this morning at Maroochydore. Around 6am a man entered the Sugar Road store and threatened the male attendant, demanding money. After taking a quantity of cash the man left the store. No weapon was involved. The attendant, a 60-year-old man, was not physically harmed during the […]
A man and a woman have been charged following the discovery of a large amount of suspected stolen property at Coopers Plains. Inquiries made by Moorooka police in regards to a stolen iPad led to the discovery of several storage sheds in Coopers Plains containing property alleged to have been stolen. A search of the […]
Police from Taskforce Vanguard conducted an operation overnight at Nerang focusing on an event at an Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (OMCG) premises. Taskforce Vanguard is a joint policing response comprising of officers from the South Eastern police region and State Crime Command’s Major and Organised Crime Squad, Taskforce Hydra and the State Firearm Investigation Team. The […]
Police are investigating the armed robbery of a pawn broking business yesterday afternoon in Toowoomba. Around 12.20pm, a man entered the business on Russell Street and produced a knife. He took a sum of cash from the till, and left the business on foot. The female attendant was not physically injured as a result of […]