Police divers have located the body of a man believed to have been swept off a causeway at Archer River on March 15. Police divers commenced a search this afternoon and located a body in a vehicle which is being transported back to Weipa. Police will prepare a report for the coroner. If you have […]
Police are investigating after a business was robbed at Clayfield this morning. Around 10.25am a man entered the Junction Road business armed with a knife and approached a female employee demanding money. After taking cash the man then left the store walking towards Dickson Street. No one was physically injured. He is described as 183cm […]
Police have charged a man following the declaration of an emergent situation overnight in Kawana. The declaration was made around 5.45pm and a man was allegedly making threats with a firearm. A 25-year-old Kawana man has been charged with one count each of dangerous conduct with a weapon, serious assault police, common assault, shortening firearms, […]
Scientific excavations continue to be conducted today at a property in Gin Gin as investigators speak with a number of people as part of the investigation into a number of alleged concealed child births at the property. While the excavation has produced some items of interest which have been seized for further examination, no skeletal […]
Police divers and members of a QFES Swift Water Rescue team are due to arrive at the Archer River search site sometime after 2pm today. It is expected that an assessment of conditions will be made this afternoon and a decision made regarding when to commence the search, taking into account the safety of all personnel […]
Police are investigating after a man died in a traffic crash at South Townsville this morning. Initial investigations indicate around 6am a motorcycle and a utility collided on Benwell Road. The motorcycle rider, a 31-year-old man from Kirwan, was taken to the Townsville Hospital however he died a short time later. The two occupants of […]
A man is to face court following the alleged discovery of alcohol in a dinghy at Palm Island on Sunday. Around 3.20am police observed the dinghy pulled up on a beach and approached it only to find it being pulled back out to sea. The officers waded out after it and were able to reach […]
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE WITH AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE Fifty-nine Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers based at Brisbane Airport will today be appointed as special constables in the Queensland Police Service (QPS). Queensland Police Commissioner Ian Stewart said the officers would continue to perform aviation duties at airports but would also have additional powers aimed at improving […]
Police are appealing for information from the public as they continue to investigate two armed robberies of a hotel at Burpengary in January. On both January 1 and 8 a man, allegedly armed with a firearm, entered a hotel on the Bruce Highway Eastern Service Road and demanded cash from staff. The man left the […]
The Central Region Road Safety Week continues today with a host of activities across the region and a focus on the use of restraints. The ambassador for the week Corporal Ben Roberts-Smith VC MG said that you are ten times more likely to be killed in a road crash if you are not wearing a […]