Police are urging motorists not to exceed the speed limit in the Legacy Way tunnel after 314 speeding drivers were issued infringements in the first week of the tunnel’s operation. With three fixed speed cameras in each direction, some vehicles were being detected on multiple occasions for exceeding the limit. Road Policing Command Acting Assistant […]
Police have charged an 18-year-old Augustine Heights man after an incident in Ipswich yesterday where an officer was injured. It will be alleged around 12.30pm officers were conducting foot patrols when they noticed a vehicle bearing incorrect registration plates on Bell Street. When an officer approached the vehicle and spoke with the driver, he allegedly […]
Police have charged a 29-year-old Picnic Bay man following the alleged assault of a taxi driver in Townsville overnight. It will be alleged around 9.40pm three passengers were exiting a taxi at a drive-through bottle shop on Ross River Road at Mundingburra when one of the male passengers became abusive and confronted the driver. A […]
Police have recovered a large quantity of suspected stolen property after a search at a Springwood residence last Saturday July 4, 2015. Detectives from Task Force Latro Logan executed a search warrant at the Springwood property and uncovered laptop computers, mobile phones, iPads, watches, jewellery, keys and personal carry bags. Initial investigations suggest that the […]
Sunshine Coast and Moreton police together with officers from the Drug and Serious Crime Group have today closed Operation Mike Tyras, a multi-agency operation working to dismantle a multi-million dollar commercial ice drug network operating across southeast Queensland. Operation Mike Tyras was commenced in October 2014 by Sunshine Coast detectives targeting an organised crime […]
With one month in to our Emergency Services Challenge, we thought we would celebrate one of our blood donation champions, Sergeant Jeff Bruynesteyn. Jeff has made an incredible number of donations throughout his lifetime. He estimates it to be around 488 or so. Perhaps you lose track after the first few hundred. Jeff, who is […]
The man reported missing from Brisbane City yesterday has been located safe and well. Police would like to thank the media and members of the public for their assistance in this matter. If you have information for police, contact Policelink by providing information using the online suspicious activity form 24hrs per day at www.police.qld.gov.au/reporting.Report […]
Police are investigating a serious two vehicle traffic crash which occurred on the Cunningham Highway at Mutdapilly this morning. Initial investigations suggest that about 10am a motorcycle collided head on with a truck. The 53-year-old rider suffered serious injuries and was transported to hospital. The Forensic Crash Unit are currently at the scene and the […]
Police are investigating a robbery at a liquor store on Racecourse Road, Ascot yesterday evening. At around 6.10pm a man entered the business and while the store attendant was otherwise occupied began placing bottles of alcohol in a bag. The attendant has then confronted the man and attempted to take the bag from the man. […]
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a 54-year-old South Australian man reported missing from Hervey Bay. Stephen Neate was last seen leaving a Fay Avenue address in Scarness on June 16, and was planning on driving back to his home in South Australia. He informed his family that the drive would take […]