Police have charged a man following the alleged armed robbery of a service station in Durack last night. Police will allege that at about 11.15pm the man entered a business on Rosemary Street, allegedly producing a hammer and demanding money. The console operator complied with the demands and the man fled the premises with an […]
Police are investigating following an explosion at a business in Ravenshoe, approximately 123 kilometres south west of Cairns this afternoon. Initial investigations indicate at around 12pm a utility crashed into a business on Grigg Street. As a result of the crash a gas bottle ignited, causing a fire to spread to the building. Preliminary […]
Gold Coast detectives have charged a man following the robbery and assault of a taxi driver at Palm Beach on Saturday night. The taxi had been transporting five men when the man allegedly grabbed the driver’s personal property from the front of the cab. The driver, a 30-year-old Gold Coast man, stopped the taxi in […]
A man has been charged with arson following a house fire at Coombabah last night. Police will allege around 9.30pm the man set fire to the Sidney Nolan Drive residence. Emergency services attended the fire and extinguished it. The house which was extensively damaged, was unoccupied at the time and no one was injured. The […]
Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred last night at Durack. At about 11.15pm a man entered a business on Rosemary Street where he produced a hammer and demanded money. The console operator complied with the demands and the man fled the premises with an undisclosed amount of cash. The console operator was not […]
Police have charged a man following an attempted armed robbery that occurred last night at New Farm. At about 9.00pm a man entered a business on Welsby Street where police will allege he produced a knife and demanded money. The console operator activated an alarm and the man fled the premises without any cash. The […]
Police are investigating a suspicious fire that occurred on Sidney Nolan Drive at Coombabah last night. Around 9.30pm police and emergency services responded to a report of a dwelling on fire. The premises were unoccupied at the time and no one was injured. Sidney Nolan Drive was partially closed but has since been reopened. A […]