Police are investigating a fire at a unit complex at Coolangatta in the early hours of this morning. Around 2.45am occupants of the Coolangatta Road units were awoken by the sounds of a fire and the smell of smoke coming from the garages beneath the complex. The occupants investigated and saw four of the five […]
Police are searching for a man following the serious assault last night of an officer in Mapoon near Weipa. Police were called to a disturbance about 2:30am on Red Beach Road and attempted to take a 33-year-old man into custody. It will be alleged the man struck the officer and knocked out his two front […]
Police are searching for a man following an armed robbery on Marine Parade at Labrador last night. About 1am the man walked into a business to buy cigarettes and was refused because he did not provide age identification. The man then produced a knife and demanded cigarettes before climbing over the counter and stealing a […]
Police are searching for a man following an armed robbery on Middle Road at Hillcrest last night. About 9:20pm the man walked into a business armed with a knife and demanded cash and cigarettes. The employee complied and the man fled with a sum of cash and an unknown quantity of cigarettes. He is described […]
Police are investigating the armed robbery of a Carseldine pharmacy this morning. Around 9.40am, a man entered the business at a Beams Road shopping complex armed with a knife. He threatened a staff member and demanded medication and cash. The staff member complied. The man walked out of the shop and left the scene in […]
Police are investigating the armed robbery of a service station at Manoora last night. Around 10pm, a man entered the Reservoir Road business allegedly armed with a knife and demanding money. The man fled the store with a quantity of cash. The attendant was not injured. The man is described as being Aboriginal in appearance, […]
Police have charged a 19-year-old Acacia Ridge man in relation to two armed robberies this week. At around 3.30am on June 12 it is alleged that he entered a convenience store on Gowan Road and demanded money and cigarettes. He allegedly threatened the male attendant, gesturing that he was armed with a weapon under his […]
Police are investigating the armed robbery of an Inala newsagency this morning. Around 6.30am, a man entered the Skylark Street business armed with a gun and made demands for cash. The male employee complied before the man fled the scene on foot down Skylark Street towards Osprey Street. No one was physically injured during the […]
Police are investigating the armed robbery of an Inala newsagency this morning. Around 6.30am, a man entered the Skylark Street business armed with a gun and made demands for cash. The male employee complied before the man fled the scene on foot down Skylark Street towards Osprey Street. No one was physically injured during the […]
Police are investigating two incidents of armed robbery in Manoora yesterday afternoon. At around 3:20pm, a woman parked her car at the back of a building on Pease Street. As she walked down a driveway towards the building, a group of four approached her and demanded she give them her keycards and keys, threatening her […]