The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating a single vehicle fatal traffic crash in Booroobin on the Sunshine Coast. Initial investigations suggest around 1pm a vehicle crashed into a tree on Scotts Road. The driver, a 63-year-old Sunshine Coast man, was declared deceased at the scene. Investigations into the cause of the crash are continuing. If […]
Detectives from the Cairns CIB today closed a two week operation which resulted in the seizure of 19 unregistered firearms in Far North Queensland. Police executed seven search warrants at residences between Gordonvale and Cairns, seizing three semi-automatic rifles, three shotguns, eight centre fire rifles and five concealable handguns. Detectives will allege that a number […]
Police are investigating a violent burglary that occurred in a residence in Raceview overnight. Around midnight three men have attended the residence in Ford Street and have forced entry through the front door of the house. Once inside they have produced a firearm and have made demands for money from the two occupants of the […]
Update as of 20 December 2016 – A 12-year-old girl reported missing from Burpengary on December 5 was located safe and well on December 18. Police would like to thank the public for their assistance. The original media release (below) has been edited to remove identifying details: Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate […]
Detectives from the Logan District Criminal Investigation Branch have charged a man and three boys after a 37-year-old man was allegedly assaulted and robbed of property in the carpark of a train station at Kingston. It is alleged around 5pm yesterday afternoon the man was involved in a verbal dispute with a group of males […]
Detectives have charged a man for an alleged 2009 armed holdup of a Sunshine Coast bowls club. It will be alleged at 9.15am on October 16, 2009, a man has entered the School Street club and threatened a male staff member with a knife demanding money. The staff member complied and the man left the […]
Police extradited a man from New South Wales yesterday following investigations into a number of matters from 2007. It is alleged that in April of 2007, a man aged in his 60s was approached by a man on Pine Mountain Road in Carindale who claimed to be a police officer. It is further alleged that […]
Detectives are investigating the assault and robbery of a man in Kangaroo Point overnight. Preliminary information indicates around 12.10am a 25-year-old man was approached by two males below the cliffs on Lower River Terrace who asked to use his phone. The victim gave his phone to one of the males and the pair fled, with […]
Police have charged a man with dangerous driving and acts intended to cause grievous bodily harm after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle at Beerwah yesterday. Around 4.10pm a 38-year-old Beerburrum man attended the Beerwah police station to report the incident. The man, who was suffering serious injuries including broken hands and a leg, was […]
A pedestrian struck by a car in Deception Bay overnight has died in hospital this morning. Preliminary information indicates around 9.45pm the car, a yellow Holden Commodore station wagon, was travelling west on Thompson Street when it struck a 53-year-old man. Police continue to appeal for anyone who may have witnessed the crash to contact […]