An elaborate telephone scam in which police and bank officials are impersonated has resulted in several elderly Gold Coast residents loosing hundreds of thousands of dollars. The victims – including one 89-year-old Tallebudgera woman who lost over $200,000 – are cold called by a man claiming to be either a police officer, a manager from […]
A 38-year-old male Senior Constable from Brisbane Region has been suspended from the Queensland Police Service. The officer is subject of an investigation in relation to an off-duty sexual offence against a woman. In keeping with our commitment to high standards of behaviour, transparency and accountability, we have undertaken to inform the public when an […]
Sunshine Coast police are investigating after a stolen vehicle was struck by an empty cattle train at Landsborough this morning. Preliminary information suggests that at around 5am the northbound goods train struck a car at the railway crossing on Caloundra Street at Landsborough. The vehicle was unoccupied and police investigations into how it came to be on […]
Gold Coast detectives are appealing for information after a 35-year-old man was stabbed and robbed at Labrador this morning. Preliminary information suggests the man was walking along Frank Street around 12.45am when three men got out of a vehicle and began assaulting him. The man was also stabbed in the leg. The trio then then […]
Police are investigating an attempted armed robbery that occurred in Rockville yesterday afternoon. Around 1pm, a 70-year-old man parked his vehicle outside a Quelch Street address when a teenager approached and demanded the car keys. The man declined and was subsequently hit with a steel bar to the head a number of times. The man […]
Road Policing Command, with the assistance of Logan Police have concluded a two day traffic operation targeting drink and drug drivers on the Pacific Motorway, Springwood. The operation is one of the largest static random breath and drug testing operations that police conduct every year in the Logan District. It forms part of Operation YORK […]
An extensive air, sea and land search for a fishing trawler reported missing in waters off Hervey Bay has so far failed to locate any sign of the vessel. Hervey Bay Water Police have coordinated the search which commenced last Friday, November 25 and has involved helicopters, police and Volunteer Marine Rescue vessels, and patrols […]
Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred in Maryborough last night. Around 9pm, a man entered a service station on the corner of Walker and Ferry Street, armed with a knife and demanded money. The man was then handed a sum of money from the shop attendant who complied with the demands, before leaving […]
A man has been charged in relation to the alleged theft from eight businesses across Beenleigh this afternoon. Around 1.18pm it will be alleged the 21-year-old Buccan man entered a service station on George Street, reached over the counter and stole a quantity of cash from the til. A short time later it will be […]
Police have charged a man and a woman following a series of traffic incidents that occurred on the Gold Coast today. Police were initially called to a traffic crash in Miami around 11am following reports that two cars had collided on Redondo Avenue. It will be alleged that a man and a woman who were […]