A 26-year-old Mackay man has died following a single vehicle traffic crash south of Home Hill this morning. Initial information indicates around 10am a dual cab utility rolled on Georgees Road. The 26-year-old male driver and sole occupant of the vehicle was pronounced deceased at the scene. Forensic Crash Unit is investigating the crash. If […]
Police wish to advise a 43-year-old Gympie man last seen at a Struan Crescent address on September 21 was located deceased yesterday afternoon. There are no suspicious circumstances. Police had been seeking the man in relation to assisting with enquiries into a burglary and assault at the Struan Crescent address on September 21. Police wish […]
Police have charged a 26-year-old man following an incident at a pharmacy in Maroochydore overnight. It will be alleged around 10.50pm last night a police patrol observed a car parked on the footpath outside a pharmacy on Aerodrome Road. Further investigation revealed the front doors of the pharmacy had been smashed by the alleged offender […]
Police are on the scene of a truck roll over on the Gregory Highway, 18 kilometres north of Emerald. The roll over occurred around 7.45am. The driver was not seriously injured. Police are providing traffic direction. Small vehicles are being detoured around the crash site, and large vehicles are being detoured by Lilyvale Road and […]
Detectives have charged a 34-year-old Noosa North Shore man in relation to a number of break and enter offences in Maroochydore overnight on September 23. Police will allege a man entered three properties on Tepequar Drive and stole a number of items. In one incident, as a man was allegedly attempting to steal items in […]
Police have taken a 49-year-old man into custody following an incident in Burston Street, Mackay. The man surrendered to police without incident at about 7.20am. The emergent situation declared under the Public Safety Preservation Act in response to the incident was revoked at 7.33am. There is no further information available at this time. If you […]
Police have charged a man following an incident in a hotel carpark yesterday afternoon. Around 5.15pm, police will allege a car was seen driving at speed before smashing through the gate of a hotel carpark on Flinders Street. Officers located the car with the male driver and female passenger at approximately 6.30pm on Ireland Street. […]
Police are continuing to negotiate with a man in Mackay following the declaration of an emergent situation under the Public Safety Preservation Act in Mackay last night. Around 8.45pm police responded to concerns for the man’s welfare at a Burston Street residence. Police received information that the man was alone and armed with a firearm […]
Police have declared an emergent situation under the Public Safety Preservation Act following an incident in Mackay tonight. Around 8.45pm police responded to reports of a disturbance at a Burston Street residence. Police received information that a man may be armed inside the address and an emergent situation was declared. The PSPA has been declared […]
A man and a woman have been charged with assault following an incident at Woodridge on September 28. A 48-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy were walking along Croydon Road around 11.20am on Sunday when it will be alleged a vehicle stopped near them before a verbal altercation ensued between them and a man and […]