Police are partnering with Griffith University to study the amount of alcohol revellers are consuming in Brisbane entertainment precincts. The Last Drinks project involves surveying and breath testing people as they leave the popular night club precincts in the City and Fortitude Valley. It builds on the results of the highly successful “Smart Start” pre-loading project conducted […]
UPDATE: A 12-year-old boy reported missing from Broadbeach has been located safe and well. Gold Coast police are seeking public assistance to help locate a 12-year-old boy reported missing from the Broadbeach area since yesterday afternoon. The boy (pictured) was last seen with school friends at Pratten Park in Broadbeach around 5.20pm. He was expected […]
Two men have been charged after a man was allegedly assaulted and robbed in Toowoomba early this morning. Around 12.30am the victim, a 32-year-old Centenary Heights man, was involved in an altercation with an unknown man on Russell Street when two other men stepped in to assist. It will be alleged the victim then walked […]
The most dangerous activity most of us will ever do is drive a car. Which is why Gold Coast police have been left frustrated, disappointed and angered at the dangerous antics of a number of provisional (P-Plate) license holders on the Coast last night. Polair 1 was patrolling the M1 motorway around 10.25pm when it […]
Police attending a large street disturbance involving around 50 teenagers at Woodridge this afternoon were spat on, verbally abused and one officer punched in the mouth, before officers managed to disperse the crowd. Police were called to the intersection of Station and Croydon roads around 4.30pm after a number of fights broke out between a large […]
Kingaroy police looking for two 13-year-old sisters are appealing for public assistance to help locate the pair. Police believe the girls may be on Bribie Island following a possible sighting today, and known links to the Island. Investigations by police indicate that the girls – who have been missing from the Kingaroy area since September 8 […]
Today the Queensland Police Service Academy, Oxley campus saw 88 recruits graduate in an induction ceremony attended by Deputy Commissioner Ross Barnett, who represented the Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service and Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Services, the Honourable Jo-Ann Miller MP. Graduating as First Year Constables (FYC), the 88 recruits completed the […]
Detectives from Taskforce Maxima and the Gold Coast Criminal Investigation Branch have arrested a 30-year-old man at a Gold Coast address overnight. Officers located the man during a traffic intercept at Surfers Paradise around 9pm last night. During a search of the vehicle police will allege they located a ‘pen gun’ along with ammunition. A […]
Detectives investigating the suspected homicide of 12-year-old Tiahleigh Palmer are continuing to appeal for dashcam footage taken around Marsden State High School. Detective Superintendent Dave Hutchinson, South Eastern Region Crime Coordinator said that they have been provided with some dashcam footage, but little that covers Muchow Road. “Any footage of the area could be key […]
Detectives from Taskforce Maxima have arrested a 25-year-old man at a Birkdale address this morning. The man, a former senior member of the Victorian Finks OMCG (who maintains strong OMCG associations), was taken into custody without incident. Detectives from Victoria Police will seek the extradition of the man in relation to charges of […]