This week the Queensland Police Service took part in NAIDOC Week events across the state to celebrate the achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The theme for this year’s NAIDOC Week was ‘we stand on sacred ground: learn, respect and celebrate’. Flag raising ceremonies took place across the length and breadth of the […]
A man has been charged after a business was broken into in Paradise Point early this morning. Around 1am police were conducting patrols and observed two men attempting to gain entry into a café. One of the men fled the scene and was chased by police on foot. Police are continuing to search for the […]
Police have arrested and charged a 45-year-old man overnight following an incident in North Quay, Brisbane. It will be alleged that police attended a church on North Quay Street and arrested a man for allegedly trespassing on the church grounds. As police officers attempted to take the man into custody he has allegedly resisted and […]
Police are investigating following the theft of a vehicle at Mount Warren Park this afternoon. Just after 3.45pm, a 24-year-old man was sitting in a vehicle parked at a shopping centre on Mount Warren Boulevard when he was approached by another man and threatened with a knife. The man then made demands for the 24-year-old […]
Police are investigating after a bottle shop was robbed at Forest Lake this evening. Initial inquiries indicate that at 7.08pm a man entered the Joseph Banks Avenue store and threatened staff with a knife. Staff complied with the man’s demands and the man left the business with a sum of money. The man is described […]
Police are currently at the scene of a fatal traffic crash on the Bruce Highway, Mount Ossa, north of Mackay. Initial investigations suggest around 5pm a vehicle was travelling south along the Bruce Highway when it left the road and rolled. A 45-year-old man was pronounced deceased at the scene. A female passenger and 8-month-old baby […]
Police are investigating after a convenience store was robbed at Morayfield early this morning. Around 1.50am a man entered the Morayfield Road business, produced two knives and threatened the attendant demanding cash. The attendant complied and the man left the store with a quantity of cash. The male attendant was not physically harmed. The man […]
Sunshine Coast and Moreton police together with officers from the Drug and Serious Crime Group have made further arrests following the closure of Operation Mike Tyras, a multi-agency operation working to dismantle a commercial ice drug network operating across southeast Queensland. Further search warrants were executed yesterday resulting in the seizure of a small quantity […]
Police are continuing to warn members of the public to be vigilant after a woman from Brisbane fell victim to a scam which appears to be targeting elderly residents. The scam operates whereby victims are called by a representative claiming to be from the Australian Tax Office (ATO) or another government agency. The caller tells […]
Police are investigating following a serious traffic incident in Dundowran early this morning. Preliminary information suggests around 1.45am, a 17-year-old man was struck by two vehicles on Pialba Burrum Heads Road leaving him seriously injured. Emergency services attended the scene and the man was transported to Hervey Bay Hospital with life threatening injuries. The Forensic […]