Earlier this afternoon another emergent situation was declared under the Public Safety Preservation Act in West Ipswich. The declaration was made at 5.07pm and was revoked at 6.01pm and included Darling Street, Clay Street and the intersections of these streets. The declaration was following the discovery of a small quantity of material at a vacant […]
Police have charged three people with 132 charges following an investigation into illegal weapons in Mount Morgan. On July 15 a man was pulled over by Mt Morgan Police and an unsecured weapon was located in his vehicle. A search of the man’s residence revealed 28 weapons including 8 handguns. Subsequent investigations on two other […]
Police have released images of a man who may be able to assist with their enquiries into an armed robbery that occurred this morning in South Brisbane. Around 10.15am, a man has entered a Peel Street store and produced a knife and demanded money. He obtained a sum of cash and was last seen on […]
Police will soon be able to target crime hot spots by digitally capturing number plates with the help of Automated Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology. Deputy Commissioner Ross Barnett said the expansion of ANPR to broader purposes could include using the technology to identify the movements of vehicles or people implemented in criminal offences. “ANPR […]
Police are looking for a man following an armed robbery at a coffee shop at South Brisbane this morning. At 10.15am, a man allegedly armed with a knife entered the Peel Street store and demanded money from the male attendant. The man fled with a sum of cash and was last seen on Cordelia Street […]
Police are investigating a house fire that occurred in Bundaberg last night. Around 6.40pm, police were called to a residence on Barolin Street following reports that it was fully engulfed. The blaze was extinguished and no one was injured during the incident. At this stage, the incident is being treated as suspicious and a crime […]
Police have charged two men following an incident that occurred yesterday morning at Arundel. It will be alleged that around 11.40am, a group of men forced entry into a residence on Melbourne Road, removed personal property from a male resident and then left on foot. It is further alleged that as they left, another resident […]
Police Commissioner Ian Stewart is urging parents and carers to avoid losing children at the Ekka by collecting free wristbands and organising a meeting point should they become separated. The initiative has proved successful at the Ekka over a number of years, helping police easily identify lost children and reuniting them with their parents and […]
Police are searching for three men who robbed an Ashmore service station at gunpoint overnight. Around 11.45pm last night the male console operator and two other men were standing outside the Slatyer Avenue premises when they were approached by three other men. The console operator and the two men he was standing with were forced […]
Police are appealing for witnesses to yesterday’s fatal traffic crash at Clayfield to contact Crime Stoppers. An 82-year-old Nundah woman was struck by a car when she was crossing the road at the intersection of Junction and Sandgate Roads around 11.20am. She was taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital but died overnight. Investigations […]