Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred this evening in Maroochydore. Around 6.30pm, a vehicle has approached the drive through of a sandwich store on Aerodrome Road in a white sedan. The man driving the car demanded money from the attendant and produced what appeared to be a firearm. The attendant complied and gave […]
Police searching for a missing boy in Innisfail have recovered a body from the North Johnstone River this evening. A boy was reported missing yesterday, and extensive searches have been carried out in the areas where the boy was last seen yesterday and today. Around 6.15pm, the body of a boy was located in the […]
A man is currently assisting police after an incident in which a second man was wounded at Wynnum this afternoon. Initial information is that the two men, known to each other, became involved in an altercation in a school carpark off Boxgrove Avenue around 2.45pm. One man has sustained stab wounds to his chest and […]
The disappearance of 16-year-old Jayde Kendall from Gatton continues to be investigated with police asking for assistance from motorists. Detective Acting Inspector Matt Howard is appealing for dashcam owners to check their footage. “We are asking anyone with a dashcam who was in the Gatton, Grantham or Lockyer Valley area on Friday August 14 to […]
Detectives from the State Drug Squad yesterday arrested and charged a 20-year-old Mackay man after he was allegedly located with a suspicious package strapped to his torso at the Brisbane Domestic Airport. The man was enroute to Mackay at the time of the interception. Three separate packages containing a crystalline substance, believed to be methylamphetamine […]
Police are investigating the discovery of a quantity of weapons and drugs at a residence at Mudgeeraba overnight. Around 2.30am police executed a search warrant at a Franklin Drive address where inside they located drugs, two firearms, ammunition, knives and items of police property. Police have taken possession of the items. A 61-year-old Mudgeeraba man […]
Overnight, members of Task Force Maxima, State Crime Command and the Australian Federal Police arrested a 42-year-old man for serious drug offences at Brisbane International Airport after he arrived on a flight from New Zealand. Task Force Maxima investigators had been seeking the man who was wanted in relation to his alleged involvement in a […]
Police are investigating the break and enter of a residence in Keperra where a car was stolen this morning. Around 6am it is alleged a man and a woman entered a Kirwan Street home and stole a handbag and car keys. They then fled the area in the resident’s vehicle (pictured). The vehicle is currently […]
Police have released a second photo as they continue to search for a boy who went missing in Innisfail yesterday afternoon. The 3-year-old boy had been playing with other children near the North Johnstone river area yesterday at the Innisfail Wharf, and was last seen between 3.30pm and 4pm. The photo is of the boy […]
Police have charged a 28-year-old woman after a man was seriously assaulted in East Brisbane yesterday. It will be alleged around 4am at a Potts Street unit, the woman, known to the man, sprayed a flammable substance on his head before lighting it with a cigarette lighter. The man suffered burns to his ear, face […]