Police are monitoring the situation in Aurukun following a large disturbance yesterday. Whilst investigating a disturbance complaint at a general store a man they were attempting to take into custody became violent and he was subsequently tasered. A group of people have then attended the police station and the station and vehicles were hit with […]
Police wish to advise that the southbound lanes of the Bruce Highway at the Anzac Avenue overpass are now open. A traffic crash involving two B-double trucks forced the closure of the highway at about 9.15am. The trucks and debris have now been removed and the Anzac Avenue overpass has been inspected by engineers. Delays […]
Police are investigating a disturbance in a coffee shop at Nobbys Beach earlier today. Around 10.45am, a small group of men were sitting at a table in a Gold Coast Highway coffee shop when they were approached by three other men who had arrived at the business in a small white car. A confrontation in […]
Police have charged two men with various offences following an incident this morning at Frenchville. About 5.40am police apprehended the men in bushland near Moores Creek when a 24-year-old man allegedly head butted an officer in the mouth. The officer was treated for a chipped tooth. The 24-year-old man has been charged with common assault, […]
Police wish to advise that the southbound lanes of the Bruce Highway at the Anzac Avenue overpass will remain closed for an indefinite period. The overpass is being inspected by engineers following an earlier traffic crash involving two B-double trucks at about 9.15am. One driver received a minor back injury in the crash. Southbound traffic […]
Officers from the Gold Coast Major and Organised Crime Squad’s Taskforce Vanguard have this morning arrested and charged three Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle Club members in relation to an incident in Broadbeach on September 27. A 44-year-old Varsity Lakes man surrendered himself into police custody this morning. He has been charged with one count each of […]
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 […]