Gold Coast detectives have charged a 63-year-old man following a protracted fraud investigation where victims were allegedly scammed into handing over almost $600,000. It will be alleged between January 2010 and November 2014, the man dishonestly operated a loans business where he approached victims and promised high rates of returns as part of investment opportunities. […]
Detectives from Taskforce Maxima today extradited a 27-year-old man from Sydney to face drug trafficking charges in Queensland. The alleged Mongols OMCG member appeared in the Sydney Central Court today and was remanded in custody to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court tomorrow. Police from Strike Force Raptor in New South Wales arrested the man […]
Townsville detectives investigating the 1982 disappearance of Tony Jones believe a missing rifle could be the key to solving the case. Police believe Tony Jones went missing between Townsville and Mt Isa whilst on route to visit his brother around November 1982. Police also believe that Mr Jones was in possession of a Voere .22 […]
An eight-month joint-agency operation undertaken has resulted in the sentencing today of two people for their role in a multi-million dollar investment fraud scam involving hundreds of Australian victims. Operation Juliet Dynamite, which involved the Queensland Police Service (QPS), Australian Crime Commission and the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) and ran between October 2011 […]
Police have released images of three males who may be able to assist them with their inquiries into the serious assault of a 15-year-old boy at a shopping centre at Chermside on December 13, 2013. One of the three males followed and then approached the boy before assaulting him. The boy was punched once in […]
Police are investigating after a woman was robbed and threatened in her home in North Ipswich this morning. At around 7.15am, a man has climbed through a window at a Holdsworth Road address and started going through cupboards in the house. The man entered a bedroom where an 85-year-old woman was asleep. He woke her, […]
Police have charged a two girls after an incident at an educational facility in Cleveland yesterday afternoon. At around 2.40pm a 14-year-old girl was approached by a group of girls. The girl ran away to seek help before one of the girls shoved her. A 34-year-old man intervened. He was punched in the shoulder during […]
Police are investigating the sexual assault of a woman at Boondall yesterday afternoon. At about 3:20pm the woman was confronted in a house by a man before being sexually assaulted. Officers would like to speak to a man described as 175cm tall, of slim build with an olive complexion, black hair and brown eyes and […]
Detectives are investigating following the armed robbery of a takeaway shop on Lilac Street in Inala tonight. At 7:15pm two men entered the business where one man produced a knife and demanded money from staff. The staff complied with the demands and the men stole a sum of cash before fleeing the scene on foot. […]
Police are investigating after occupants of a house were robbed at Kingaroy on Saturday night (July 25). After 11pm three men entered the Haly Street residence and demanded alcohol and property from the four people in the home, three men and a woman. One of the men then produced a knife when the four initially […]