A senior member of a criminal motorcycle gang has been arrested in Queensland in relation to an extortion matter. The alleged national president of the Bandidos criminal motorcycle gang has been charged with extortion after a man was forced to sign over a business, valued at approximately $200,000. Taskforce Maxima detectives with assistance from the […]
Detectives from Taskforce Maxima were deployed to the Sunshine Coast and Wide Bay Burnett districts as part of ongoing enforcement action against criminal gangs and their networks. They executed several search warrants as part of polcing operations from January 13 to January 18, working closely with officers from the Sunshine Coast Gangs Squad and from […]
Police are investigating after a car was driven through the front doors of a Maroochydore Hotel and an attempt was made to steal a cigarette machine around 3am this morning. Initial information suggests when the car attempted to drive away towing the cigarette machine it detached on Denna Street. A security officer attending the Hotel […]
Police have charged a man following an armed robbery that occurred yesterday in Palm Beach. A man entered an address on Myrtle Court around 3pm and police will allege he produced a knife and demanded property for a number of people at the address. Police will further allege that the man then fled the scene […]
Police are investigating a house fire that occurred overnight in Strathpine. Around 10.50pm, emergency services were called to a house on Bateman Street following reports of a fire at the rear of the house. The blaze was extinguished, and a number of rooms have been damaged as a result of the fire. Police are guarding […]
The 70-year-old woman missing from Bli Bli has been located safe and well this evening. Police would like to thank the media and the public for their assistance. If you have information for police, contact Policelink by providing information using the online suspicious activity form 24hrs per day at www.police.qld.gov.au/reporting.Report crime information anonymously via Crime […]
Police wish to advise they have located six missing teens who were missing in remote country near the Queensland and Northern Territory border. Initial investigations suggest the teens are uninjured. The teens are all believed to be aged between 15 and 16, and possibly from the Mt Isa area. No further information is available at […]
A 44-year-old man sitting on a park bench at Banyo this morning was assaulted and robbed. Around 10.30am the man was in Banyo Memorial Park on St Vincents Road, when he was approached by a man who demanded cash and property. After going through the victim’s pockets and stealing his mobile phone, the man then […]
Police are coordinating a search for six missing teens, five boys and one girl, who were last seen next to their stranded vehicle in remote country near the Queensland and Northern Territory border yesterday afternoon. Preliminary advice indicates the teens were spotted by a pilot attached to a local cattle station around 3.30pm yesterday on […]
Police have identified the man pulled from the surf off Coolangatta earlier this morning as a 71-year-old local man. The media and the public are thanked for their assistance. If you have information for police, contact Policelink by providing information using the online suspicious activity form 24hrs per day at www.police.qld.gov.au/reporting.Report crime information anonymously via […]