A search will resume around 6am this morning for a man missing in flood waters at Mount Isa. Around 10pm last night a member of the public saw the man swept away by the flooded Leichardt River at the Twenty Third Avenue crossing at Happy Valley. A search by police and swift water rescue personnel […]
A man armed with a knife stole cash from a video store at Browns Plains last night. The man entered the Grand Plaza Drive business around 9.45pm and threatened a 22-year-old male employee before fleeing on foot with a sum of cash. The man is described as Caucasian, aged in his early to mid 20s, […]
Sunshine Coast detectives last night located a 28-year-old man who police believe can assist them with their investigations into an alleged stabbing incident at Twin Waters on December 29, 2015. The man was arrested by police at a residence in Eudlo around 10.45pm. Police investigations into the incident, in which a 25-year-old man was assaulted in […]
An emergency declaration under the Public Safety Preservation Act (PSPA) in Julia Creek remains in place, but has been reduced in size. The area around the Julia Creek train derailment site will be smaller to allow the Flinders Highway to reopen to traffic this afternoon. It will now cover an area of 50 metres in all […]
Police have located the 16-year-old boy reported missing on December 23 from Dalby. He was located safe at around 2.30pm today in Toowoomba. Thank you to the media and public for their assistance. If you have information for police, contact Policelink by providing information using the online suspicious activity form 24hrs per day at www.police.qld.gov.au/reporting.Report […]
Two Queensland detectives have extradited a 35-year-old South Australian man following an incident in Kuttabul on December 28, 2015. It will be alleged that around 12.15am, a man armed with a knife confronted a 23-year-old man in the back yard of a Sorensens Road residence and stabbed him once in the torso. The armed man […]
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a 50-year-old man reported missing from Wrights Creek yesterday. He was last seen at 7.45pm at a Harris Road address. Police and family hold concerns for his welfare. He is Caucasian, between 175cm and 180cm tall with a proportionate build, grey hair and blue eyes, and […]
Three men who allegedly escaped from the Townsville Correctional Farm in Stuart on December 30 have been charged. The three men were reported missing from the Townsville Correctional Farm December 30. It will be further alleged that they stole a vehicle from Heatley, which evaded police at around 8.40am, the following day on the Bruce […]
Police have located the body of a missing surfer following a two-day air, sea and land search on the Gold Coast. The body was located in the water in the vicinity of Crusoe Island around 11am. Police have confirmed that the body is that of the 34-year-old man who went missing at The Spit at […]
Police have praised the behaviour of New Year’s revellers across the state with reported crowd numbers up while arrests were down compared to last year. An estimated 120,000 people attended the South Bank precinct in Brisbane to join in celebrations while around 50,000 counted down to 2016 in Surfers Paradise. There were 536 arrests at […]