The last remaining police tracker, Police Liaison Officer (PLO) Barry Port, was presented with an award today for his 30-year-service to the Queensland Police Service. Commissioner Ian Stewart presented the award to PLO Port, who joined the Service in 1981 in Coen where he has demonstrated his tracking skills on numerous occasions. “In 1997 he […]
A 56-year-old Blackall man has had his charged upgraded to attempted murder following an incident in Blackall overnight. Around 6.15pm, a man entered the Shamrock Street business and approached a 61-year-old man who was sitting at a bar. It is alleged the man stabbed and punched the 61-year-old a number of times. The injured man […]
A man has died after the bicycle he was riding travelled into a ditch at Tallebudgera this morning. Initial police investigations indicate the cyclist was riding down a steep hill on Trees Road shortly before 8am when he failed to negotiate a bend going into bushland and a ditch. The man died at the scene. […]
Police are searching for three men following an armed robbery in Coopers Plains overnight. Around 11.30pm, three men were on the corner of Alyton Street and Musgrave Road when they were approached by three men on a trail bike. One of the men got off the trail bike, pointed a knife at the victims, and […]
An 18-year-old local woman has been charged following an incident at a Jones Road, Bellbird Park residence last night. Around 7pm, it is alleged that two females were involved in an altercation in which one sustained an injury to the chest. A 16-year-old girl sustained a laceration to the chest and was transported to the […]
A 56-year-old local man has been charged after an incident in a Blackall licensed premises this evening. Around 6.15pm, a man entered the Shamrock Street business and approached a 61-year-old man who was sitting at a bar. It is alleged the man stabbed and punched the 61-year-old a number of times. The injured man sustained […]
Police are investigating the armed robbery of an Annerley cake shop this evening. Around 6.45pm, a man armed with a wooden implement entered the Ipswich Road store, approached the employee at the counter, and made demands for cash. The employee handed over a sum of cash from the register and the man left the store […]
Police are searching for a man following an armed robbery in Ashmore this afternoon. Around 1.30pm, a 33-year-old man parked his vehicle in a car park on the corner of Currumburra and Southport-Nerang roads. On getting out of the vehicle, the man was pushed into the door of his vehicle by a man armed with […]
Two men and a woman have been injured in a serious traffic crash that occurred on Wyaralong Dam Road, Wyaralong this afternoon. Preliminary investigations suggest a utility and motorcycle collided head-on at around 2.30pm. The rider of the motorcycle, a 39-year-old man, sustained serious internal injuries and was airlifted to the Princess Alexandra Hospital with […]
A man has been charged following investigations into a hit and run in Redbank on Friday. Police will allege a 54-year-old male pedestrian was hit by a vehicle after leaving a licensed premises on Brisbane Road at around 8.15pm. The 54-year-old was transported to the Princess Alexandra Hospital with serious head injuries. A 26-year-old Redbank […]