A 28-year-old local man is due to appear in the Toowoomba Magistrates Court today charged with armed robbery, deprivation of liberty and unlawful use of a motor vehicle following investigations into a break-in of a Hodgson Vale home yesterday morning. It will be alleged a man armed with a garden fork broke into a Pendoma […]
A man has been charged after police attended a Pine Avenue address in Tewantin yesterday and located an alleged clandestine drug laboratory. Around 3pm police were called to the address for an unrelated matter when they located the alleged lab in an external laundry area of the residence. The Illicit Laboratory Investigation Team […]
Police are investigating after a man was assaulted and robbed in Southport overnight. Around 10.45pm, the 19-year-old tourist was walking through a park near Frank Street and was approached by five other men who have assaulted him. The group have taken the mans wallet, shoes, a sum of cash and his phone and were last […]
Police have seized around 50,000 cannabis seeds and hundreds of thousands of dollars of suspected stolen property as part of a major 16-month operation targeting an alleged large-scale drug operation in the state’s north. Investigators executed six search warrants last week in the Townsville, Cairns and Mareeba regions, including one at an isolated property near […]
Police investigations into a suspected attempted armed robbery and shooting incident at Highland Park this morning are continuing. Preliminary information suggests that a man carrying a handgun confronted a security guard at a tavern located on Alexander Drive, Highland Park around 7.40am this morning. A struggle took place between the two men and a number […]
A 61-year-old Townsville man injured in a single vehicle crash on the Hervey Range on May 16 passed away in Townsville General Hospital today. Initial investigations indicate that around 4pm a vehicle travelling along Hervey Range Road left the roadway and rolled. If you have information for police, contact Policelink by providing information using the […]
Police are investigating an incident where a man was shot during an armed robbery attempt outside a Highland Park tavern this morning. Around 7.40am a male security guard was conducting a cash courier service when he was confronted by a man armed with a handgun at the Alexander Drive premises. A struggle took place between […]
Two men have been charged following investigations into a fire that occurred on April 29 in North Mackay. Between 6.15 and 7:45pm, a fire occurred in a second-hand store on Harbour Road which caused significant damage. Two 18-year-old Beaconsfield men have both been charged with six counts each of wilful damage and one […]
Police are searching for two people who stole a vehicle from a residence at knife point in Woodridge last night. Around 7.10pm, a man was walking to his car outside a Bruce Road address when he was approached by a man armed with a knife. The man demanded he hand over the keys to his […]
Two men have been charged with serious assault police after officers were allegedly punched multiple times during an altercation in Fortitude Valley early this morning. Around 1.40am, police were patrolling Marshall Street when they observed two men involved in a verbal altercation with officers attempting to separate the pair. As police were attempting to speak […]