Police are investigating after a man broke into a Cassowary Crescent home and assaulted a woman yesterday morning. Around 4am the woman awoke to find a man standing over her and grabbing her. She screamed and broke away, causing him to run off. The man is described as having a dark complexion, approximately 165 to […]
Police are investigating the armed robbery of a hotel on Ipswich Road last night at Rocklea. About 10pm, two men armed with a rifle and handgun entered the hotel and ordered patrons into the bistro before ordering an employee to open the safe. After receiving a sum of money, the offenders fled on foot. The […]
A search for eight men reported missing in the Torres Strait has been concluded. It is believed the men left Daru Island, Papua New Guinea in a banana boat on Thursday October 10 and were expected to return on Friday October 11. Police were notified of the incident on October 14 and commenced an immediate […]
Three boys and a woman are currently assisting police with inquiries following investigations into a burglary in Toowoomba today. At 12.20pm, the occupants of a Godsall Street residence disturbed two boys inside their house. One was armed with a baseball bat while the second was armed with a knife. It is believed a third person […]
Police have urged businesses on the SunshineCoast to remain vigilant in examining $100 and $50 notes following a number of counterfeit currency presentations in the area. A number of these notes have the same serial numbers, these being BF08276362 and BD08820966. The serial number can be located on the top right hand corner on the […]
Kingaroy police have this morning arrested a 41-year-old man in Brisbane and charged him with manslaughter following the discovery of a man’s body in Kingaroy on May 24. Police will allege they were called to a Fisher Street address at 7am where the body of a 43-year-old man was discovered. A 41-year-old New South […]
Officers from the Gold Coast Major and Organised Crime Squad’s Firearms Investigation Team, working in conjunction with Taskforce Maxima, have this morning executed search warrants at the Burleigh Waters club house, two businesses and three residences with connections to the Black Uhlans criminal motorcycle gang on the Gold Coast. As a result of these search […]
Police are investigating the assault of a 16-year-old girl at a school at Mitchelton yesterday. Preliminary information indicates that at around 10.30am a male teenager allegedly discharged a conductive energy device once to the leg of the girl. The device was confiscated by school staff and police notified. It is believed the girl did […]
Rescuers searching for eight men reported missing in the Torres Strait will use helicopters tomorrow to conduct a coastal search of all islands from Warrior Reef to Irian Jaya. The search will also involve the coast line of Papua New Guinea. It is believed the 23ft banana boat left Daru Island on Thursday October 10 […]
Detectives from Browns Plains Criminal Investigation Branch are investigating after a home was broken into and three female occupants assaulted yesterday at New Beith (Greenbank). Around 1.45pm two women and a man forced their way into a Whiteley Circuit residence. Two of the offenders assaulted a 40-year-old woman with a baseball bat. She received bruising […]