Police are appealing for witnesses after a cyclist was seriously injured in Kiamba (Nambour) this afternoon. Initial investigations suggest at around 5:15pm a member of the public located a male cyclist lying unconscious on English Road. A man in his 50s was air lifted to the Royal Brisbane Women’s Hospital with life threatening head and […]
Police have just located the mother of a baby girl found on her own in Elanora this afternoon. It is understood her mother was located in the vicinity of where the girl was found. A member of the public located her around 3.20pm near the Uniting Church on Pines Lane. Investigators are currently determining the […]
Police are asking the public for help to identify a baby girl found on the side of the road unaccompanied outside the Uniting Church at Elanora. Around 3.20pm, a member of the public located the girl – thought to be between one and one-and-a-half years old – on Pines Lane, which is near the northbound […]
Today the Queensland Police Service Academy, Townsville campus saw 47 recruits graduate in an induction ceremony attended by Commissioner Ian Stewart and Hon. Coralee O’Rourke, Minister for Disability Services, Minister for Seniors and Minister Assisting the Premier on North Queensland, representing Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Services, the Hon. William Byrne MP. Graduating as […]
Police are investigating after a man, who allegedly stole property from a shop and made threats to harm members of the public, was injured in a traffic crash following a short pursuit on the north side this morning. Around 11am, police attended a shop on South Pine Road at Everton Park after a 29-year-old Brisbane […]
All of Brisbane Region and Ipswich District police radios switched from legacy radio channels to the digital Government Wireless Network (GWN) on Wednesday. To mark the milestone, the first live radio transmission was spoken by retiring Acting Inspector Stuart McMurtrie, the former Officer in Charge of the Radio Electronics Section. Acting Inspector McMurtrie has been […]
Detectives from Taskforce Maxima have charged a woman following an investigation as part of Operation North Guitar. It follows the arrest of a man earlier this week who was the alleged treasurer of the Finks Gold Coast Chapter. He was charged with fraud and tainted property offences. The charges relate to an amount of $118,000 […]
Gold Coast child protection detectives have arrested two men as part of separate investigations into child exploitation material (CEM) and online offences against minors. In conjunction with Taskforce Argos, Gold Coast Child Protection and Investigation Unit (CPIU) officers yesterday charged a 36-year-old Southport man after detectives executed a search warrant at an address there in […]
A man and a woman have been arrested over a number of serious offences on the Gold Coast in the early hours of this morning. Around 5.15am police were conducting street checks on a man and a woman in a car on the Esplanade at Paradise Point when it was discovered the 43-year-old man was […]
More than 100 drink and drug drivers have been caught on the Sunshine Coast in the past fortnight as police ramp up enforcement activities over the holiday period. In an ongoing commitment to save lives and reduce trauma on our roads, Sunshine Coast police will be targeting drivers ignoring the Fatal Five – speeding, drink […]