Police have received information identifying the owner of the canoe (now verified to be a surfski) that had been observed in flood waters near Birds Road causeway at Guanaba this afternoon. Contact has been made with the owner who advised the ski had been left on the river bank and was now missing. There are […]
Update – the owner has been identified and no concerns are held for the welfare of any person as a result of this incident. Police are appealing for anyone who recognises a canoe observed being washed down river at Guanaba this afternoon to contact them urgently. At this time no one has been reported missing […]
Police are investigating after a single vehicle crash injured three people, two seriously, at Gatton today. Initial investigations are the crash occurred around 11am with the vehicle failing to negotiate a bend on Woodlands Road in wet conditions, travelling down an embankment and rolling. Five women were in the car at the time. Three were […]
A man and woman have died following a two-vehicle traffic crash on the Warrego Highway at North Ipswich this morning. Initial inquiries indicate just before 8am a prime mover heading east travelled across the medium strip and collided with a van towing a trailer in the westbound lanes of the highway. The 57-year-old male driver […]
A man has been charged with drug offences after a search warrant was executed at a Saint Lucia address yesterday. Officers from Indooroopilly Criminal Investigation Branch executed the warrant at an address on Upland Road during which it will be alleged dangerous drugs (including heroin, amphetamines and controlled and restricted drugs) along with over $21,000 […]
A 17-year-old man has been charged following a number of reported incidents involving a replica firearm in the South Brisbane area over the past few days. The first incident occurred at a shopping centre on Kessels Road at Mount Gravatt on June 2 at around 4pm when it will be alleged that a man produced […]
Police have charged a man following an alleged assault in Herston last night. At about 9:45pm officers responded to reports of an altercation between two men in Victoria Park. Police will allege during the altercation a 35-year-old man sustained a deep laceration to his foot. The man was subsequently transported to the Royal Brisbane and […]
Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred in Maroochydore this morning. Around 6.30am, a man attended a takeaway store on Aerodrome Road, Maroochydoore and attempted to jemmy open a vehicle in the staff car park with a knife but has been unsuccessful. A short time later a male staff member was opening the store […]
Police are reminding motorists to take extra care during the severe weather across Queensland this weekend. Inspector, Road Policing Command, Peter Flanders said police are urging extra vigilance in the severe weather. “Heavy rainfall is expected and we’re urging all drivers to exercise patience and to take great care with potentially flooded roads,” Inspector Flanders […]
Police are currently at the scene of a serious two-vehicle traffic crash at North Ipswich this morning. Initial information indicates just before 8am a semi-trailer collided with a van in the westbound lanes of the Warrego Highway, just past the Kholo exit. The driver of the semi-trailer has been transported to Ipswich Hospital for treatment […]