Task Force Maxima Gold Coast officers raided a Parkwood home yesterday arresting a patched member of the Mongols CMG for counterfeit currency offences (under the Commonwealth Crimes Act) and unlawful possession of steroids. Police will allege the Mongols CMG member had passed a $50 counterfeit note through a Parkwood business to purchase goods. As a […]
A Police Liaison Officer from Brisbane Region has today been suspended from official duty with the Queensland Police Service. The 49-year-old man is facing allegations of misconduct in relation to assaulting a number of juveniles whilst off duty. In keeping with our commitment to high standards of behaviour, transparency and accountability, we have an undertaking […]
Commissioner Ian Stewart today attended the launch of the state’s new Domestic Violence Taskforce. The eight-member taskforce is headed up by the former Governor-General Dame Quentin Bryce. At the launch today, Premier Campbell Newman said Queensland Police investigate 175 reports of domestic and family violence every day. The taskforce have five months to work out […]
Police have charged a man following investigations into the murder of a 24-year-old man at Tingalpa in February this year. Russell Johnstone was found with gunshot wounds on Jarrow Street around 3.30am on February 6. He was transported to the Princess Alexandra Hospital where he was later pronounced deceased. A 24-year-old Mount Gravatt East man […]
Police are investigating a second and unrelated armed robbery in Sunnybank Hills. Around 2am today a man entered a Hellawell Road tavern, produced a machete and demanded cash from the attendant. The man ran from the tavern with a quantity of cash and was last seen heading towards Jackson Road. The attendant was not physically […]
Police are investigating a robbery with violence that occurred on Ridley Street, Auchenflower yesterday. Initial investigations suggest around 10.30pm a man and a woman were walking along Ridley Street when they were approached by three men, two of which were allegedly armed with metal bars. One of the offenders punched the man in the face […]
Police have charged a man after two incidents yesterday, one in Wynnum and one in Sunnybank. It is alleged sometime between 3 – 4am on September 9, the man damaged a police car on Pine Street, Wynnum. Then around 10pm the same day police attended the intersection of Beenleigh & Jackson Roads in relation to […]
Police are investigating an armed robbery of a convenience store on Wynne Street, Sunnybank. Initial investigations suggest that just before 9pm two approached a store attendant. One man is believed to have produced a gun while the other man demanded cash. The men fled the store with a quantity of cash and cigarettes. The attendant […]
Police are investigating an armed robbery of a business on Kingston Road, Logan Central. Around 10.20pm a man approached a store attendant produced a knife and demanded cash. The man ran from the store with a quantity of cash. The attendant was not physically injured during the incident and police investigations continue. If you […]
A man has been charged after an alleged incident on a flight from Brisbane to Darwin today. Police will allege that around 11:30am the man was on a flight when he became verbally abusive towards other passengers and crew members. As a result of his actions the plane was diverted to Townsville and the man […]