The search for a man missing at Middle Percy Island was scaled back this afternoon before being suspended at 3pm. Police had been coordinating the search since Monday morning after learning a man had gone overboard off a sailing catamaran while it was moored close to Middle Percy Island. A final aerial sweep will be […]
UPDATE 3.25pm 12 January 2016 – a woman reported missing from Middle Ridge was located safe and well this afternoon. The original media release (below) has been edited to remove identifying details. Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a woman reported missing from Middle Ridge. She was last seen at Gowrie Junction on […]
Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Services Mark Ryan and Commissioner Ian Stewart were both on site today to open the new Nanango Police Station. Built upon the same location as the old station, the $2.51m upgrade can comfortably accommodate 22 operational officers. The Nanango Station currently consists of 10 officers with Sergeant Jason Newton […]
UPDATE 12.30pm 12 January 2016 – two missing boys and a man were located safe and well this morning in Goodna. The original media release (below) has been edited to remove identifying details. Police are seeking public assistance to help locate two boys who went missing from Redbank Plains on January 6. They were last […]
As a result of ongoing investigations into the supply and possession of dangerous drugs, detectives from Taskforce Maxima, State Crime Command executed a search warrant on a Ringtail Close, Doolandella address yesterday. The search of the address resulted in the location of over 100grams of cocaine, over 600 grams of methylampethamine (ice), MDMA pills, two […]
Police have charged a second man following an incident where a man was struck by a vehicle and died on December 26. Around 1.25am officers were called to Rio Vista Boulevard after a man had been struck by a vehicle. A 50-year-old Yatala man was pronounced deceased at the scene. An 18-year-old Broadbeach Waters man […]
Cairns police are looking for a teenage boy who allegedly proposition a woman out walking yesterday afternoon in Bungalow before threatening her with a knife and grabbing her by the shirt front. The 38-year-old woman was walking over the McCoombe Street footbridge around 4.45pm on January 11 when she noticed a youth holding a push […]
Cairns detectives investigating an alleged break-in and sexual assault of a woman at Kanimbla yesterday have charged two Manoora men. It will be alleged a woman aged in her 30’s awoke yesterday (January 11) morning just before 1am to find a man assaulting her. The woman screamed and the man fled. It will be alleged […]
Regardless of where you are, local police urge all property owners to take some simple precautions to ensure your valuables are safe and sound. Officer in Charge of the Cairns Water Police, Sergeant Andrew Ibell encourages boaties to take the same approach to vessel and equipment security as they should for home and vehicle security. […]
Detectives are investigating following a suspicious fire at an address in Allora last night. Emergency services were called at around 8:00pm following reports of a shed on fire at a property on Goomburra Street. The property was unoccupied at the time and no one was physically injured as a result of the fire. The shed, […]