A search has been launched overnight for a boat reported missing after encountering a storm in the Torres Strait yesterday afternoon. Initial information is five boats left Saibai Island around 2pm heading towards Yorke Island when they were struck by the storm a short time later. After the storm passed it was discovered one of […]
Police are investigating an incident where a man armed with a knife entered a Parramatta Park unit overnight. Around 10.30pm a man entered a Harris Street unit and became involved in a struggle with a 62-year-old woman before threatening her with the knife and demanding money. The man grabbed the woman’s purse before being confronted […]
Police are investigating after a chemist in Cairns was robbed last night. Around 9.45pm a man armed with a knife entered the Grafton Street business, threatening a female customer and demanding medication from staff. After receiving some medication the man left the store. The customer, a 35-year-old Yungaburra woman was not physically injured. The two […]
A man aged in his 40s was involved in a serious single motorcycle crash on the Kennedy Highway, Kuranda Range this afternoon. Initial investigations indicate that the man came off his motorcycle just east of Streets Creek at around 5pm. As a result he sustained life threatening head and internal injuries and was air-lifted to […]
Police are investigating the armed robbery of a bottle shop in Belgian Gardens earlier tonight. At 7.45pm a man entered the Bundock Street business, before threatening the attendant with a knife and demanding cash. He then left on foot, heading toward Chubb Street, with a sum of money. The man is described as being of Caucasian appearance and […]
The group of four people who failed to arrive in NSW after travelling from Cape York have all been located tonight. The woman, man and two children were found safe and well just after 7pm at a motel in Mossman. Police would like to the public for their assistance. If you have information for police, […]
The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating a serious traffic crash that occurred on the Mooloolah Connection Road this afternoon. Initial investigations indicate that just before 1.30pm, two vehicles collided just west of Tunnel Ridge Road, MooloolahValley. A 52-year-old woman, passenger in one vehicle, was transported to the Royal Brisbane Hospital by helicopter with life threatening injuries. The […]
Police are appealing for information into a group of four people that have failed to arrive at a NSW destination after travelling from Cape York in Queensland’s far north. The four people, a woman aged 49, a man aged 39, and two children (a boy aged 7 and a girl aged 5) left a […]
Police are currently at the scene of a two vehicle traffic crash at Mooloolah Valley. Just before 1.30pm, police were notified that two vehicles had collided head-on on at the intersection of Tunnel Ridge Road and the Mooloolah Connection Road. The intersection is currently closed in both directions. There is no further information at this […]
Detectives from the Gold Coast Major and Organised Crime Squad’s Firearms Team have charged two men after allegedly locating a number of illegal firearms at a Lower Beechmont residence this morning. The firearms team executed a search warrant this morning at a Beechmont Road residence. During the search police allegedly seized an air rifle, .22 […]