A man has died following a traffic crash at Brighton this afternoon. Initial investigations indicate shortly after 5pm a motorcycle was travelling south on the Houghton Highway when it collided with the rear of a utility on the Ted Smout Memorial Bridge. The rider of the motorcycle, a 48-year-old Kippa-ring man, died at the scene. […]
A man has died following a traffic crash at Brighton this afternoon. Initial investigations indicate shortly after 5pm a motorcycle was travelling south on the Houghton Highway when it collided with the rear of a utility on the Ted Smout Memorial Bridge. The rider of the motorcycle, a 48-year-old Kippa-ring man, died at the scene. […]
On the lead up to starting my journey at the Queensland Police Service Academy (QPSA), I always thought that I was going to commute. As I lived an hour away, I didn’t think that living in was an option for me, I just assumed that rooms at the academy were allocated for people that were […]
A man has been charged following an alleged armed assault at a residence in Norman Gardens this morning. It will be alleged around 8.30am a 53-year-old Norman Gardens man attended a Smithwick Street address and a short time later another man arrived in a vehicle armed with a metal bar. The man then allegedly hit […]
Police in Townsville would like to remind members of the public of the seriousness of making a false complaint to police following a report that was received last night. Around 8.15pm, police were called to an address in Kirwan following reports a man had been attacked by a vigilante group of men with knives […]
As part of Operation Oscar Quantum, police have located three clandestine laboratories and a large scale weapons production facility, including four fully automatic sub machine guns, silencers and drugs during Gold Coast raids. On Friday officers from the Drug and Serious Crime Group with assistance from Taskforce Maxima and Gold Coast police and the Australian […]
As part of ongoing efforts to target the production and supply of dangerous drugs by OMCG members on the Gold Coast, detectives from Taskforce Maxima yesterday charged a Finks OMCG associate with drug offences. Officers from Taskforce Maxima executed a search warrant on a Wahroonga Avenue apartment yesterday morning and located two men. Following a […]
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a 36-year-old man reported missing in the Townsville area since November 17. The man was last seen at an address on Stanley Street in Townsville at around 9:20pm and has not been seen by friends or family since. Initial investigations indicate he may have been travelling to […]
If you are going to send an email traffic fine scam to anyone try to avoid sending one to the spouse of a Road Policing Unit officer. Multiple residents contacted the Mackay Police District Road Policing Unit by telephone yesterday to advise that they have received an email claiming that the recipient had been fined and […]
Day five of schoolies on the Gold Coast saw crowd numbers remaining steady with no significant incidents in Surfers Paradise. Overnight there was 10 schoolies arrested on 12 charges which were mainly for liquor and street offences with three schoolies arrested for drug offences. There were only 3 liquor infringement notices issued to schoolies. Overnight […]