Police are investigating an attempted armed robbery at a Virginia convenience store last night. Police were called to the Toombul Road shop around 9.50pm following reports of a man who attempted to rob the store. He entered the store armed with a knife and demanded cash from the attendant. The attendant has run from the […]
Police are warning members of the public to be on alert for ATM card skimming devices fitted to ATM’s. A device similar to the one pictured below was fitted to an ATM in the Ascot area this week. The skimming device (pictured below) is used to steal and use identification data from financial institution cards. […]
The Queensland Police Service has issued a warning to Queensland residents about a scam targeting computer users. The scam involves people taking a call from a person claiming to be working at a foreign call centre, known as “The Windows Service Centre” or similar. The offender claims to belong to a software support company requested […]
A woman has been charged with serious traffic matters on the Gold Coast overnight. Around 11.30pm it is alleged police attempted to intercept a car on Hooker Boulevard at Broadbeach for a traffic infringement. The vehicle allegedly failed to stop. Around half an hour later the same vehicle was sighted allegedly driving in a dangerous […]
The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating a serious traffic crash that left a 41-year-old cyclist in hospital with critical injuries. It’s believed the man failed to give way when he was riding his bike on Walker Street at about 6.45pm last night. He remains in the Hervey Bay Hospital. Investigations are continuing. If you have […]
Police are currently at the scene of a single vehicle traffic incident in which a 14-year-old boy has been injured in Bundamba this morning. Initial information suggests a boy was struck by a vehicle on Byrne Street at 4.40am. He has been taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital, believed to be in a serious condition. […]
Police are investigating the robbery of a supermarket in White Rock. Last night around 9.30, four men have entered the business on Progress Road in White Rock and one of them has forced the female attendant to the floor. While the attendant was held to the ground, the other three took a quantity of cigarettes […]
Police have charged a man following a traffic incident that occurred overnight in Pialba. Around 9.10pm, a vehicle has driven down Olive Court and collided with the front a house. A 31-year-old woman and an infant were in the front room of the house at the time and have received minor injuries and were taken […]
Police are investigating a robbery that occurred last night in Caloundra. Around 9.25pm, a man entered the fast food store on Bowman Road and demanded money. The attendant complied and handed over a sum of cash, and the man has then left the business on foot and was last seen walking down Bowman Road. No […]
The Queensland Police Service have located the 21-month-old boy who was abducted from Elanora around 5 hours ago. The boy and a man were located safe and well at Hope Island a short time ago. Police would like to thank the media and the public for their assistance.