The emergent situation under the Public Safety Preservation Act (PSPA) at Pullenvale remains in place. The PSPA was declared at 8.22pm as a precaution after police located suspicious items at a Red Cedar Road address. Only residents in Red Cedar Road between the Lilly Pilly Road intersection up to the roundabout with White Cedar Road […]
Police have declared an emergent situation under the Public Safety Preservation Act (PSPA) at Pullenvale. The PSPA was declared at 8.22pm as a precaution after police located suspicious items at a Red Cedar Road address. Police including specialist officers are on-scene. Affected residents have been advised to remain indoors. There is no further information available at […]
Police have charged a 28-year-old man after an incident in Zillmere today. It is alleged that around 3pm the man was involved in a verbal altercation with an 18-year-old man on Hanford Road. A struggle ensued resulting in the 18-year-old man receiving lacerations to his arm. He was transported to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. […]
Gympie Detectives have charged a 17-year-old man after investigations into an alleged burglary and assault on Ellis Road, Bells Bridge on August 2. Police will allege that around 1.30am, offenders entered a residence on Ellis Road where they allegedly assaulted a man and woman in the house. The offenders then stole vehicle from the residence […]
NSW Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a man wanted over a serious assault on the state’s north coast last week. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Jason Anthony RUTTER, aged 43. The warrant relates to an assault in Byron Bay on Tuesday 5 August 2014. Officers from Tweed/Byron Local […]
Please note that paragraph two in the original media release is incorrect in relation to a legislative change. The investigation into the matter revealed that police do not have legislative authority to arrest on this occasion, unfortunately the officers involved and their supervisor was unaware of this.
Police launched an internal investigation after a 57-year-old Cairns woman was arrested on July 18, on warrant for an outstanding fine. At the time of the arrest police acted on a Warrant of Execution issued in 1994. An investigation into the matter revealed that due to a legislative change, police now do not have the […]
Police have charged a man following a suspicious fire at Kingston last night. Around 11.00pm emergency crews were called to the scene on Winifred Street where the fire was contained in the front living room. Police will allege the front door of the residence was forced open before the premises was set alight. A 33-year-old […]
Police have arrested two boys following an armed robbery that occurred last night in Cairns. Around 9.30pm, a man was walking in parkland at the intersection of Marlin and Wharf Streets when he was approached by two youths. Police will allege that the boys have then threatened the man with a pair of scissors before […]
Police are investigating a break-in at an Annerley bottle shop. Approximately five men and a woman have stopped outside the shopping complex doors in a white Jeep and a black sedan and used bricks to smash the glass sliding doors and an interior glass panel, gaining entry to the Ipswich Road bottle shop. The group […]