Police are investigating the armed robbery of a hotel in Parkwood early this morning. Around 1.04am a man armed with a hand gun entered the Wintergreen Drive premises and demanded money from a male employee. The staff member complied with his demands and the offender left on foot. A number of staff and patrons were […]
Police are investigating after a man was found with severe head and facial injuries in Mackay last night. Around 8.45pm, a man aged in his 40s, was located in the courtyard of a unit complex on Nebo Road. He was transported to Mackay Base Hospital in a critical condition. A crime scene has been declared […]
A man has died following a serious traffic crash on the Pacific Motorway (M1) at Yatala last night. Initial information indicates the crash occurred around 9.07pm when a vehicle travelling north on the M1 slowed down and stopped in the left-hand lane at Yatala as a result of engine problems. A truck following has slowed […]
Police investigating the death of a 43-year-old local man at Mundubbera on August 23 have today arrested and charged another man in relation to the death. A 63-year-old Park Avenue man was charged with one count of murder and will appear in the Rockhampton Magistrates Court tomorrow, August 30. This follows the earlier arrest of […]
Commissioner of Police Mr Ian Stewart today welcomed 19 students to the 10 week Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) program at the QPS Academy at Oxley. The course prepares participants for direct entry to the QPS Recruit Training program. The 19 students will be introduced to core policing knowledge and skills while also developing their […]
Police are investigating after a man was injured when someone tried to steal his car in Kippa Ring this morning. Around 7.15am, a 42-year-old man was transferring property between two vehicles in the driveway of a Euston Street home before he went inside briefly. He returned outside to find a man sitting in the driver’s […]
Police have charged over 140 people with drug and weapons offences following a three day operation carried out in the South West District last week. As part of Operation MIKE SABIS, 131 search warrants were executed across the Dalby Burnett and Roma regions by police from the South West, Darling Downs and Brisbane. The operation […]
Over 30,000 people participated in the annual Bridge to Brisbane yesterday morning, marking the 20th year for the charity run. Police were deployed at closed road intersections along the course ensuring the safety of the general public and participants as well as regulating traffic. Under very unfortunate circumstances early on in the event, one of our officers got […]
Detectives from the Gold Coast Southern Investigative Group have charged a man and a woman in relation to a series of incidents involving a 72-year-old Bundall woman. Police will allege the pair were involved in three wilful damage incidents where the woman’s Tiwi Street house was shot at in November and December last year and […]
Forensic Crash Unit officers are investigating a two vehicle crash near Emerald early this morning. Initial inquires indicate shortly before 4.30am a utility was headed west on the Capricorn Highway approximately ten kilometres east of Emerald. The utility has crossed to the wrong side of the road and collided with another utility headed in the […]