At about 2.50pm today, local police were called to assist other emergency Services to retrieve a 23-year-old woman from the Emerald Creek Falls walking track, which is situated about 15km east of Mareeba. The New South Wales woman had been hiking with three female friends when she left the walking track, slipped and fell approximately […]
Police are investigating an armed robbery of a pharmacy on Turton Street, Sunnybank this evening. Around 6.15pm a man armed with a knife entered the business and made demands to a staff member for money. The staff member complied and the offender then left the store with a sum of money and fled on foot. […]
As part of Queensland’s Speed Management Strategy, the Queensland Police Service has commenced a replacement plan to upgrade nine of the analogue (film based) fixed speed cameras with digital technology. The first site to be upgraded is located on the Gold Coast Highway at Broadbeach with the remaining eight fixed speed camera sites scheduled for […]
Police have extradited and charged two men from interstate in relation to the arson of a house in Eagleby in July. It will be alleged that the two men deliberately set fire to a house on Swallow Street at around 9.15am on July 20. Nobody received any physical injuries as a result of the fire, […]
Targeting the Fatal Five Queensland Police will be out in force across the state’s highways and roads these school holidays targeting the Fatal Five. Commissioner Ian Stewart and Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Services Jack Dempsey today launched Operation Spring Break 2014. The coordinated state-wide initiative aims to reduce the number of serious injuries […]
Police have released the image of a 29-year-old man wanted in relation to the incidents that occurred in Rockhampton and Mount Morgan yesterday. Capricornia District Detective Inspector Darrin Shadlow said police are continuing the search for Adin Joel Cussen (pictured) this morning. “He is considered armed and dangerous. Members of the public are asked not […]
Police are investigating a fatal a single vehicle traffic crash at Morayfield this morning. Initial information indicates around 2.20am a vehicle travelling west on McLoughlin Road left the roadway and collided with a tree. The 42-year-old male driver died at the scene. The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating the incident. If you have information […]
Police have laid further charges on an 80-year–old Cooran man following ongoing investigations into alleged incidents at massage stalls at markets on the Sunshine Coast. Following an appeal for women who believed the may have been indecently dealt with during massages on the Sunshine Coast, police have investigated six separate incidents. The 80-year-old man has […]
Police have revoked a declaration made under the Public Safety Preservation Act that was made last night. The area that was declared was between the Burnett Highway, Razorback Road and Poison Creek Road and was revoked this morning at 3.25am. All roads in the area are opened, however visibility is currently poor due to smoke […]