Police have charged two men following investigations into the alleged source of a dangerous drug which caused a number of people to suffer serious side effects, some of whom required hospitalisation, at the Gold Coast on the weekend. On Sunday, October 16 Gold Coast Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) detectives arrested a 24-year-old Bundall man and […]
Police from the Gold Coast Rapid Action Patrol Group (RAP) have executed a number of search warrants leading to the seizure of cannabis and other drugs as a part of on an ongoing drug operation. Over the last three days police searched four addresses in Biggera Waters, Southport, Labrador and Mermaid Beach and as a […]
Whilst everyone can agree that the recent spate of aggressive behaviour towards emergency personnel has been horrific, one year 6 student has decided to take matters into her own hands – literally. Maddy’s goal is simple. The John Paul College student aims to reassure all emergency service front line operators that the daily struggle they […]
The Darling Downs District Tactical Crime Squad has charged five men with drugs and weapons offences following a number of raids in the Toowoomba, Lockyer Valley and Ipswich areas today. A series of search warrants were executed at residential and commercial premises today with police allegedly uncovering a loaded .22 calibre firearm, illicit drugs including […]
Police are continuing to investigate the source of a dangerous drug which caused a number of people to hallucinate and act violently on the Gold Coast. Toxicology results have been returned to police today which indicate that those tested ingested a cocktail of amphetamine-type substances (ATS) [including Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)], as well as a synthetic lysergic […]
A 44-year-old Currumbin Waters man has been charged after police allegedly located a number of cannabis plants at a Currumbin Waters residence yesterday. Police executed a search warrant at the Riverside Drive home around 9.30am and will allege that eight mature plants were located in a hydroponics room specifically designed with lighting and an irrigation […]
Queensland motorists will now be able to receive traffic infringement notices (TINs) by email or MMS after a new Queensland Police Service application was launched today. Instead of handwriting TINs or issuing them through the post, officers equipped with QLiTE devices will be able to issue them through email or MMS. Since September 2015 Road […]
A female administration officer from the Community Contact Command has been suspended from the Queensland Police Service. The staff member is subject of a criminal allegation for providing a positive roadside drug test for methyl amphetamine and is expected to appear in the Holland Park Magistrates Court on December 9, 2016. In keeping with our […]
A man has died following a traffic crash that occurred this morning in Bald Hills. Preliminary information suggests around 5.30am a motorcycle travelling along Kluver Street has lost control and struck a fence. The 43-year-old male rider from Bald Hills was pronounced deceased at the scene. Kluver Street has now reopened to traffic. The Forensic […]
A man has died after a fatal traffic crash on the Bruce Highway, south of Proserpine, early this morning. Initial investigations indicate at around 12:20am, a limousine was attempting a U-turn approximately 1 kilometre south of Proserpine when it was hit by a van travelling south along the Bruce Highway. The driver and sole occupant […]