Officers from Taskforce Maxima have charged a man this afternoon with weapons and drug offences. As part of ongoing investigations targeting criminal offences by members of the Finks Criminal gang, officers executed a search warrant at an Austinville address in the Gold Coast hinterland. It will be alleged the search located unlicensed firearms (including a […]
This afternoon, Detectives from Task Force Maxima extradited a 38–year-old Gold Coast man from New South Wales. The man, a member of the Lone Wolves Criminal Gang, has been arrested for his alleged role in a significant drug laboratory located at Coomera on February 13. Police will allege that as part of the laboratory, chemicals […]
Police are investigating a fatal traffic incident which occurred on Second Avenue at Maroochydore this afternoon. Initial information indicates around midday, a car travelling in the area collided with a parked car before hitting two pedestrians. A female pedestrian died at the scene while a male pedestrian was taken to Nambour Hospital with serious injuries. […]
Acting Assistant Commissioner Paul Taylor (pictured) today announced to the Townsville community that there has been a significant reduction in the number of motor vehicles broken into in Townsville this financial year. Mr Taylor said that in the year to date there has been a 20% reduction which equates to 300 fewer offences for unlawfully entering […]
Police have released CCTV footage of four people who may be able to assist with investigations into the alleged theft of a vehicle from a Logan service station. At approximately 4.20pm on Friday 9 May 2014, four males can be seen walking towards a white sedan parked at a bowser at a service station on […]
One lane of the Bruce Highway is set to remain closed until mid-afternoon after a serious truck crash just north of Gin Gin. At around 1.30am a semi-trailer and a B-double collided approximately 10kms north of Gin Gin, closing both lanes of the Highway. Emergency services provided assistance to the male drivers of both vehicles, […]
Police are investigating several reports of motorists ‘pulling over’ on the Gold Coast in the past two weeks, after drivers believed they were being intercepted by an unmarked police vehicle. At 24-year-old newspaper delivery driver was punched several times in the neck after his vehicle was ‘pulled over’ in Southport early this morning. Around 4.30am […]
Police are interested in speaking with the man pictured (EDIT – images removed) in relation to a theft at a Margate discount store at the end of last year. Initial investigations indicate that around 3.30pm on Tuesday, December 31 2013, a man entered the store located inside a Margate shopping centre. He was in the store for […]
A Senior Constable from South Eastern Region has been stood down from official duty with the Queensland Police Service. The officer, a 47 year-old man, is the subject of an investigation relating to the pursuit of a motor vehicle. In keeping with our commitment to high standards of behaviour, transparency and accountability, we have an […]
Detectives have today charged a Moorooka man with six counts of breaching privacy under the Criminal Code. Police will allege that on numerous occasions over the past five years, the man recorded images of clients at his Moorooka business. It will be further alleged that the clients were unaware of this occurring and therefore had […]