Police are urging revelers planning to attend Sunday’s Big Day Out music festival this Sunday January 19, 2014 to use common sense and to be mindful of their personal safety to ensure the event remains safe and enjoyable for everyone that attends. Gold Coast District Officer, Acting Chief Superintendent Des Lacy said Gold Coast Police […]
Police are conducting investigations to establish the cause of a house fire at Stretton last night. Just before midnight nearby residents reported flames and a lot of smoke coming from a house on White Cedar Circuit. The home was well alight when police and emergency services arrived. Some neighbours were asked to leave their homes […]
A 37-year-old man has been charged following an incident which commenced at 5.15am in Canungra yesterday. An emergency situation and exclusion zones were declared while police dealt with the situation which resolved peacefully just after 3pm. The man was later charged with threatening violence, bomb hoax and going armed as to cause fear. He will […]
An incident involving a man inside a vehicle on Kidston Street at Canungra has been peacefully resolved. Around 3.15pm a 37-year-old man was taken into custody without further incident at the scene. An emergency situation, which included an exclusion zone in the area, has since been revoked. Police were called to the scene around 5.15am […]
Detectives from Townsville District and Taskforce Maxima have this morning arrested three Criminal Motor Cycle Gang participants following ongoing investigations in Townsville. It will be alleged the three participants of the ‘Rebels’ Criminal Motorcycle Gang met at at Townsville gymnasium on two occasions. Detectives executed search warrants at residences of the three participants this morning, […]
A 15-year-old girl reported missing from Carindale yesterday has been located. Police thank the media and the public for their assistance.
Detectives from the State Crime Command’s Cold Case Homicide Team continue to investigate the disappearance and suspected murder of Barbara McCulkin and her young daughters, Vicky and Leanne, from their Highgate Hill home on 16 January 1974. On January 19 they were reported missing to police by Billy McCulkin her estranged husband and father of […]
Police have closed a number of roads at Canungra as they attempt to negotiate with a man who has barricaded himself in a vehicle on Kidston Street. The man made contact with police this morning around 5.15am. Police have declared an exclusion zone with the boundaries being Canungra Creek, Finch Road, Tamborine Mountain Road, Darlington […]
Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred in Coolangatta last night. Two men ran through the front door of a sports club on Appel Street around 10pm. One man was armed with a firearm and the other held a hammer. The men approached workers and told a woman who was a patron to get […]
A 44-year-old man has been charged following investigations into a serious crash at Banana yesterday morning. Investigations suggest that a motorcycle and a car were travelling in the same direction on Baralaba-Banana Road just after 9am on January 15 when the car went to overtake the motorcycle. The sedan clipped the rear of the motorcycle […]