A tavern at Springfield was robbed last night by two men brandishing a rifle and a knife. Preliminary investigations indicate that the pair threatened a female and male employee at the Springfield Parkway business around 10.30pm before fleeing with a sum of cash. One of the men was wearing a light brown / beige hooded […]
Police have charged a man following an alleged armed robbery of a chemist at Clifton Beach this morning. About 9am a man entered the Captain Cook Highway premises where it will be alleged that after being served, he presented a knife and demanded prescription drugs. Staff co-operated and upon being provided the drugs the man […]
Gold Coast police are searching for five men after a taxi driver was assaulted and robbed at Palm Beach this evening. The taxi had been transporting the men when one of them grabbed the driver’s personal property from the front of the cab. The driver, a 30-year-old Gold Coast man, stopped the taxi in 23rd […]
Police investigating a fire in a unit complex in Southport this morning have charged a woman. At around 10.30am police were called to the Owens Lane unit block, after a fire was detected in the stairwell. A 27-year-old Labrador woman has been charged with one count each of assault occasioning bodily harm, burglary, arson and five […]
Police are investigating after a fire in a unit complex in Southport this morning. At around 10.30am police were called to the Ownes Lane unit block, after a fire was detected in the stairwell. A 27-year-old woman was transported to the Gold Coast University Hospital for treatment for minor burns. The cause of the fire […]
Police are investigating a break and enter that occurred at Rocklea yesterday morning, where electronic storage equipment containing thousands of images was stolen. At around 6am the Granard Road photography studio was broken into, and cameras, lenses and other photographic equipment including a laptop, hard drive and memory cards containing photographs were stolen. Some of […]
A man is assisting with enquiries following an armed robbery that occurred overnight in Nambour. Around 9pm, a man approached a woman in the carpark of a hospital on Hospital Road and police will allege he produced a knife and demanded the woman’s keys. It will be further alleged that the man then […]
A man who was involved in a fatal traffic crash at Burpengary on June 3 had died in hospital. At around 5.50pm a car struck a power pole on Old Gympie Road. A 74-year-old female passenger was pronounced deceased at the scene. The 85-year-old male driver, was transported to the Royal Brisbane Hospital with life-threatening […]
Police have charged three people with drug offences following an incident in Stretton last night. Around 6.40pm, police executed a search warrant at a Lancaster Circuit address and located a quantity of drugs, cash and jewellery. A 21-year-old and 19-year-old man from Stretton have been charged with five counts each of possession of dangerous drugs […]
A man has died after a traffic crash in North Rockhampton this morning. Around 4.30am police were called to Emu Park Road after reports that a car had rolled. Initial information suggests that the car failed to negotiate a bend and travelled down a steep embankment, coming to rest on Christopher Chapel Road. The 19-year-old […]