Senior Constable Peta Radnidge has what you could call a very ‘explosive’ job. She is one of six Forensic Ballistic Officers in the Queensland Police Service (QPS). Her main day-to-day work involves collecting, studying and analysing evidence related to ammunition and firearms. Peta said a large component of her job is examining weapons and categorising […]
Two men have been charged and a number of illegal firearms seized following joint Australian Border Force (ABF) and Queensland Police Service raids in Queensland this week. These operations are the result of an ABF investigation conducted into the importation of illegal firearm parts and silencers into Queensland. On Tuesday (May 16), ABF investigators and […]
This month marks Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month and new signage outside the Fortitude Valley Police Station sends the message that violence of this sort will not be tolerated. Domestic and family violence is never acceptable and everyone has the right to feel safe and supported. Police rely on the community to report incidences […]
Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred in Inala last night. Initial information suggests that a man entered a service station at 8.15pm on Rosemary Street and produced a knife. He made demands for money and when the male attendant complied, he fled the scene on foot with a sum of cash. No one […]
Police are investigating a serious traffic crash that occurred last night at Woombye. Officers were called to the intersection of Nambour Connection Road and Cobbs Road at 8.30pm after a car and a motorcycle collided. The rider of the motorcycle, a 20-year-old man, was transported to the Nambour Hospital for treatment of serious internal and […]