Police are investigating the armed robbery of a convenience store in Wynnum this afternoon. Investigations indicate just after 4pm a man entered a business on Randall Road wearing a backpack and demanded money from the female shop assistant. The man then produced a knife and jumped over the counter before taking money and goods from […]
Detectives have released images of a man who may be able to assist with their investigation into a robbery with violence that occurred in Surfers Paradise on November 30. At around 6:20pm a man entered a convenience store on Aubrey Street and asked for cigarettes from a male staff member. The man then tried to […]
Update: 11am 01/01/2017 The 13-year-old girl reported missing from Riverview has been located safe and well. Police would like to thank the media and the public for their assistance. The original media release (below) has been edited to remove identifying particulars. Original release – published on 31/12/2016 Police are appealing for public assistance to […]
Police are urging Queenslanders to drink responsibly and ring in 2017 on a safe note as the Christmas Road Safety Campaign continues. On day eight of Festive Break, officers conducted over 6700 RBTs (Random Breath Tests) and charged 42 drink drivers leading into the New Year’s long weekend . In Charters Towers a 50-year-old local man […]
Police are investigating a violent burglary that occurred in a residence at Sarina early this morning. Around 2.30am, a group of men have attended the residence on Middle Creek Road and have confronted the 39-year-old male occupant. Once inside, the man has been assaulted, receiving injuries to his head. The men stole a red Polaris […]
Police are investigating the serious assault and robbery of a woman at Woodridge yesterday afternoon. Preliminary investigations indicate that around 3.15pm the 25-year-old woman was walking from a Ewing Road business along Macquarie Street to a residence in Wentworth Street when two men approached from behind. The woman was then seriously assaulted by one of […]
Detectives from the Townsville Sexual Crime Unit are appealing for information in relation to an ongoing sexual assault investigation. It is alleged around 5.20am on December 21, a 32-year-old woman was approached and grabbed by a man on Vickers Bridge, which is located under Douglas Arterial Road. After a brief struggle, the man fled on […]
Members of the Police Dive Squad searching for a 19-year-old man who failed to surface while in the water at Killarney Glen Falls at Beechmont yesterday have located a man’s body. A report will be prepared for the Coroner. If you have information for police, contact Policelink by providing information using the online suspicious activity […]
Detectives are investigating following a robbery with violence at a shopping centre in Morayfield this afternoon. At around 12:15pm a woman was walking in the carpark at the northern end of the shopping centre on William Berry Drive when she was approached by a man. The man assaulted the woman before stealing her purse and […]
Police have revoked an emergency situation under the Public Safety Preservation Act in Pallarenda, Townsville. At around 6pm police were called to an address on Buckby Street following reports of a man in a house making threats. A PSPA was declared at 7:33pm and police established an exclusion zone bounded by The Esplanade, Seaward Crescent, […]