UPDATE: A man has been charged after a police officer was allegedly dragged a short distance by a vehicle in Maroochydore on Wednesday. Original Post: A police officer has received minor injuries after being dragged a short distance by a vehicle intercepted in Maroochydore overnight. Around 12.30am police stopped alongside a car driving in Church […]
Police are currently undertaking a search of the Leichardt River approximately 30km from Burketown for a man following a boating incident. Initial reports are that police were advised around 11.30pm that a boat believed to have been carrying two men had been found upturned. One of the men from the boat was found and has […]
Located – 1/11/2016 Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a 13-year-old girl and a 15-year-old girl reported missing from Bentley Park. Both children were last seen at an address at Bentley Park on October 24. Police hold concerns for their welfare due to their age. The 13-year-old girl is described as Caucasian, […]
Police are investigating after shots were fired at a bakery in Reedy Creek early this morning. Initial investigations indicate around 2am a firearm was discharged into the Kingsmore Boulevard business causing damage to the front glass door and internal counter. The business was closed at the time of the incident and no one was injured. […]
Officers from Taskforce Maxima have seized drugs including over 2,500 MDMA tablets and arrested a 32-year-old Brisbane man. The arrest and seizure follows the execution of a search warrant yesterday afternoon at a residence in Stafford Heights. About 2pm yesterday, officers entered the dwelling and detained the occupants. A search located a number of heat […]
Staff and patrons at a Clontarf pizza business were threatened by a man allegedly armed with a knife who yelled and screamed whilst throwing furniture around and cutting the phone line last night. A man entered the Hornibrook Esplanade business around 5.45pm and approached the front counter where an 18-year-old female employee was taking orders […]
Delays are expected for much of the day on the Bruce Highway near Marmor as crews continue clean-up and recovery efforts after a b-double refrigerated truck rolled earlier this morning. Preliminary information indicates that around 2.30am the truck, which was carrying frozen meat and poultry products, was travelling north along the highway, approximately 5km north […]
Police are one the scene of a serious traffic crash that occurred on the Bruce Highway at Marmor (between Rockhampton and Gladstone) early this morning. Initial information is that around 2.30am a semi-trailer travelling northbound has rolled near the intersection of the Bruce Highway and Sisalana Road. The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle […]
A man who attempted to stop the driver of a car involved in a crash at Geebung last night was allegedly stabbed several times with a pair of garden secateurs. Preliminary information suggests that shortly after 7pm the drivers of two cars were involved in an altercation as they were both travelling through Geebung – […]
Four men have been charged following the location and seizure of a significant cannabis crop near Mt Carbine on the weekend. Officers from the Far North District Drug Squad executed a search warrant on a Mulligan Highway property just before 1pm on Saturday and detained four men who were allegedly engaged in processing of harvested cannabis. […]