An emergency situation under the Public Safety Preservation Act in Virginia has been revoked following a large factory fire this afternoon. Initial inquiries suggest around 3.30pm police and emergency services attended a large fire that had broken out in an industrial building on Pritchard Road. An emergency situation was declared and an exclusion zone was […]
A person has died following a single vehicle traffic crash in Bouldercombe this afternoon. Initial information suggests at 5.30pm, a vehicle was travelling west on the Burnett Highway when it crossed the road and crashed into a tree three kilometres west of the Bruce Highway intersection. One of the passengers sustained severe injuries and was […]
Police have declared a crime scene at the site of a large factory fire that occurred in Virginia this afternoon. Initial inquiries suggest around 3.30pm police and emergency services attended a large fire that had broken out in an industrial building on Pritchard Road. Upon arrival the building was found to be well alight. A […]
Townsville police have charged a 16 year-old Kirwan boy with grievous bodily harm following the alleged stabbing of a 15-year-old girl in North Ward in the early hours of this morning. It will be alleged the 16-year-old was at a residence on The Strand when he has allegedly stabbed the girl a number of times […]
A 19-year-old man has been charged with wounding and two other offences following a disturbance at a residence in Townsville in the early hours of this morning. Police will allege the 19-year-old Townsville man has allegedly returned to a residence in Aplin Street around 1am and has become involved in an argument with a 38-year-old […]
Police have now reduced the area impacted by the declaration of an emergency situation under the Public Safety Preservation Act in Virginia this afternoon. The exclusion zone that continues to be in place is now an area encompassing Pritchard Road between Shannon Place and Sandgate Road. The fire is now under control and emergency services […]
Police have declared an emergency situation under the Public Safety Preservation Act in Virginia this afternoon. Just after 3.30pm, police and emergency services attended a large factory fire at an address in Pritchard Road. A PSPA was declared at 4.10pm and police have established an exclusion zone bordering Sandgate Road, Pritchard Road and Newton Street […]
Police have today charged two men following the alleged theft of two defibrillators from a Carindale shopping centre earlier this month. It will be alleged the lifesaving equipment was stolen from separate levels of the Carindale Street complex around 7.20pm on September 5. Following a public appeal and the release of CCTV footage of the […]
Detectives uncovered an alleged drug laboratory and seized firearms and a taser during the search of a property at Mount Pleasant in Mackay yesterday. A crime scene was declared at the Tolcher Street unit around 5pm after officers discovered equipment and chemicals allegedly being used in the production of methylamphetamine. Officers from ILIT (Illicit Laboratory […]
Detectives are investigating an incident overnight where shots were fired at a residence in Durack. Initial investigations suggest just before 11pm a vehicle, believed to be a dark coloured Holden Commodore, has driven past a Duncombe Street address. A firearm was discharged by a passenger inside the vehicle with six shots fired in the direction […]