Police are investigating the armed robbery of a financial institution on Logan Road in Holland Park this afternoon. Initial investigations indicate about 5pm two men entered the premises with their faces concealed and threatened employees with what is believed to be a firearm and made demands. The men took a sum of cash and fled […]
Dismissal of Police Officer in South Eastern Region A Senior Constable from the South Eastern Region has been dismissed from the Queensland Police Service as a result of disciplinary proceedings conducted by Deputy Commissioner Gollschewski. The officer, a 41 year-old man was the subject of a disciplinary hearing where allegations of serious misconduct were found […]
A 17-year-old Calamvale man has been charged with the attempted robbery of a Regents Park store early this morning. Police will allege the man was involved in the incident where a silver utility ram raided the Vansittart Road business about 12.40am this morning. No entry was gained to the store. It will be further alleged […]
Yesterday, officers from Toowoomba’s Road Policing Unit and Criminal Investigation Branch closed Operation North TINN a traffic operation targeting drug driving. On September 9 and 10, officers conducted a total of 29 roadside drug tests with 17 positive results. 53 traffic infringement notices were issued for a range of charges including dangerous operation of a […]
A 57-year-old Maryborough man involved in a fatal shooting incident in Helensvale has died in hospital this morning. Police were called to a fast food outlet in Signato Drive around 9.15am yesterday after a 49-year-old Maryborough woman was fatally shot by a man. No one else was physically injured as a result of the incident. […]
Police from State Crime Command’s Drug and Serious Crime Group have closed a major operation focused on the trafficking of dangerous drugs including methylamphetamine, cocaine, MDMA and cannabis in Cairns. Operation Mike Aluta commenced in August 2014 by the Far Northern Drug Squad and the State Drug Squad and focused on drug traffickers operating in […]
Police are investigating following the serious assault of a man at a fast food outlet early this morning. Around 12.10am, two men were involved in a verbal altercation in the drive-through section of the business, which resulted in one man punching the other to the back of the head. The punch caused the man to […]
Police investigating two assaults in North Mackay on August 30 have charged a man. It will be alleged around 7.50pm, police were called to an address on Daniel Street, North Mackay after a 23-year-old man was located with lacerations to his face. Further investigations led police to an address on Harris Street in Beaconsfield where […]
A 19-year-old man has been charged following an incident where a police car was damaged by another vehicle last night. It will be alleged the man initially evaded police on the Warrego Highway near Karalee about 9pm when police tried to intercept the vehicle for traffic matters. Police did not pursue the vehicle, which they […]