Police are investigating after a man threatened staff at a convenience store at Strathpine this afternoon. Initial inquiries indicate a man attended the Gympie Road business around 3pm. The man produced a knife and threatened a staff member, demanding money. The female staff member ran to a back storeroom and locked the door. The man […]
A man has died following a single vehicle traffic crash in Calliope this afternoon. Preliminary investigations indicate just after 1:00pm a motorcycle carrying two people was travelling south along the Bruce Highway when it left the road approximately 500 meters south of the Sawmill Road turn off. The male rider of the motorcycle, a 58-year-old […]
A man has died following a fatal traffic incident at Bundaberg this morning. Emergency services were called to Rattray Street in Avenell Heights around 7.30am to reports of an injured motorcycle rider. The rider, a 57-year-old man Bundaberg, was treated at the scene before being transported to the Bundaberg Base Hospital, where he passed away. […]
Police have charged a man with a number of offences following an incident at Seisia Wharf yesterday morning. It will be alleged that around 7.45am, officers and a restrained prisoner were waiting to board a ferry when the man forcefully broke free from the officer’s hold and escaped lawful custody. The man ran a short […]
To the Queensland Community, This week the Queensland Police Service buried one of our own. Senior Constable Brett Forte was afforded full police honours as a mark of respect for those who make the ultimate sacrifice in the service of the community. His sacrifice is a timely and stark reminder of the complex and sometimes […]
Police have charged a man following an alleged assault that occurred in an Arundel residence overnight. Officers were called to a unit on Arundel Street around 11.45pm on June 9 following reports that a man had sustained a stab wound to the back of his left shoulder. The 26-year-old was taken to the Gold Coast […]
Detectives have charged a man following an assault at a licensed premises in Calamvale early this morning. It will be alleged at 1.45am a scuffle occurred at the Compton Road premises with a number of persons after one of the group was evicted. During the scuffle a security guard has been allegedly assaulted by a […]
Today, police from State Crime Command’s Drug and Serious Crime Group have charged a 36-year-old man with a number of firearm related offences following the location of a large scale weapons production facility late last year. On November 18, 2016 and as part of Operation Oscar Quantum, Officers from the Drug and Serious Crime Group […]
Eight people have been arrested on 38 charges and over $745,000 worth of drugs and $158,000 in cash seized following a large drug trafficking operation targeting former Hells Angels and Comancheros OMCG members from the Gold Coast. Operation Maduro was commenced by the Crime and Corruption Commission in 2016 and focused on the regular transportation […]
Detectives have charged a man after a violent robbery at Chermside on June 7. It is alleged about 6.20pm, two men walked into a bottle shop on Gympie Road and selected a number of bottles of alcohol from the counter area. If is further alleged a man approached a female attendant and struck her on […]