Four juveniles have been charged after allegedly ramming a stolen car into a police car at Windsor and later crashing it at Hamilton yesterday afternoon. It will alleged around 4:40pm police attempted to intercept the car on Somerset Street, Windsor when it rammed a police vehicle before driving away. Police were preparing to deploy a […]
Thirteen schoolies were arrested overnight on 16 charges for mainly public nuisance and street related offences with police pleased with the overall crowd behavior at the Surfers Paradise schoolies celebrations. Of the 13 male schoolies arrested eight were for drug offences relating to cannabis and ecstasy. There were also 80 schoolies given liquor infringement notices […]
Police remain at the scene of an incident which occurred in Nakina Street, Southport yesterday evening. As a result, parts of Nakina Street are still closed which will affect drop-offs for students at the state school, special school and child care centre located in this street. Police have implemented traffic control, turning a part of […]
Dutton Park detectives are looking for a man who assaulted a 15-year-old girl during a break-in of a home in South Brisbane yesterday afternoon. Preliminary information indicates that the girl disturbed a man inside a Dorchester Street address around 4.30pm. A violent struggle ensured between the pair before the girl managed to break free and flee […]
A man has died following a two vehicle traffic crash at Lakes Creek this evening. Initial investigations suggest at around 6pm, a sedan travelling west along Lakes Creek Road, collided head-on with a 4WD travelling east. A man who was a rear seat passenger of the sedan has died while the driver and front seat passenger […]
The Ethical Standards Command has commenced an investigation following the death of a man at Southport this evening. The man died following a police-related shooting incident after officers attended a disturbance in Nakina Street just after 7pm. Preliminary information indicates that police were confronted and threatened by an armed man before police discharged their firearms. The […]
A 26-year-old man has been charged with one count of grievous bodily harm after a man sustained serious life-threatening injuries in an alleged assault at Mackay last night. Around 11.30pm two men were involved in an altercation at a Victoria Street night club when one man allegedly punched the other man in the head, causing […]
Police Commissioners across Australia and New Zealand stood together today (24 November 2014) at Parliament House in Canberra to reaffirm their united commitment to address the scourge of violence against women and children. Statement from Police Commissioners of Australia and New Zealand: Today we are standing together as male leaders in the Australian and New […]
The first weekend of celebrations for schoolies concluded last night with thousands of school leavers enjoying the entertainment on offer in Surfers Paradise. Police were pleased with the behaviour of the vast majority of schoolies throughout the festivities on Sunday evening. There were a number of disturbances involving non schoolies that came to police attention […]
A search and rescue operation is continuing at Lake Eacham in the Atherton Tablelands this morning after a man was reported missing at the lake yesterday. Around 11am, a 56-year-old man was first seen in an inflatable boat on the lake but the boat was later located without the man on-board. A search operation commenced […]