Police are appealing for witnesses following a single vehicle traffic crash that occurred on the Mulligan Highway between Mareeba and Mount Molloy this afternoon. Initial information indicates at 5pm a vehicle travelling on the Mulligan Highway left the road and rolled over. The driver and his passenger, both believed to be aged in their 60’s, […]
Police have charged three people and seized a significant amount of drugs as part of a four-month investigation into the trafficking of steroids in the Toowoomba and Brisbane areas. Officers from the Darling Downs District Tactical Crime Squad and Petrie Criminal Investigation Branch have seized around nine litres of liquid steroids with an estimated street […]
Cairns Forensic Crash Unit is continuing its investigations into an incident in which a vehicle crashed into a café causing an explosion and injuring 20 people at Ravenshoe yesterday. Initial investigations suggest around 12pm a utility was travelling north on Grigg Street when the driver lost control of the vehicle and travelled a considerable distance […]
A man has been charged following investigations into an incident at Cooktown on Monday night where a firearm was discharged and a dog injured. It will be alleged three men attended a residence on Endeavour Valley Road around 6.25pm where a disturbance occurred with two occupants, a man and a woman. One of the men […]
Police investigations continue into the armed robbery of a Jindalee petrol station on Thursday June 4 continue. Around midday, a man entered the Curragundi Road premises threatening a male employee before fleeing with a sum of cash. The man decamped in a silver Toyota Rav 4 Station wagon likely to be a 2008 to 2012 […]
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 […]