Police are investigating a series of linked robberies and car thefts in Townsville today. Around 7am, a 57-year-old man was getting out of his car to open the front gate of his home on Second Street in Railway Estate when he was approached by four males who attempted to steal it. When he refused to […]
Police have charged a man following a series of car thefts and burglaries in the Townsville area. It will be alleged that overnight on August 17, a car was stolen from out the front of a unit on Eyre Street in North Ward. The vehicle was located damaged on August 19 and was forensically examined. […]
Police are investigating the armed robbery of a convenience store at Burleigh Heads last night. Just after 7pm, a man entered the premises on Second Avenue and confronted the attendant with a knife. He then walked behind the counter and took a sum of money from the cash register before leaving the store. No one […]
Townsville police have made further arrests overnight as they continue to target property-related crime in the area. Around 9am on September 11, a man allegedly stole money from the wallet of a patient at the Townsville Hospital. A 35-year-old Aitken man has been given a Notice to Appear in the Townsville Magistrates Court on October […]
A 24-year-old man has died following a two vehicle traffic crash at Deeragun early this morning. Preliminary investigations suggest around 4.20am, a utility collided with a trailer being towed by a 4WD on the Bruce Highway, 1 kilometre north of Veals Road. The male driver and sole occupant of the utility died at the scene. […]
Police are investigating following the robbery of a pharmacy in Southport this afternoon. Initial inquires indicate around 5.15pm a man has entered the pharmacy on Marine Parade and threatened a staff member before demanding money and methadone. The staff member complied with the demands and the man left the store with a sum of cash […]
A 26-year-old man reported missing from Fraser Island this morning has been located safe and well. The media and public are thanked for their assistance. If you have information for police, contact Policelink by providing information using the online suspicious activity form 24hrs per day at www.police.qld.gov.au/reporting.Report crime information anonymously via Crime Stoppers. Call 1800 […]
Townsville police have made several arrests overnight following Property Crime Unit investigations into a break and enter, a theft and a stolen car. It will be alleged that in early August, a set of keys were stolen from a government building on Lannercost Street in Ingham, and expensive clothes and a coin collection were stolen […]
Police have commenced investigations following an incident in the early hours of the morning at Eagleby where a shot was fired into the front door of a residence. Preliminary inquiries indicate that at around 1.45am, a man approached the front door of a house in Sunscape Drive and a short time later a shot was […]
Police are appealing for witnesses to a serious traffic crash in Springfield to come forward. A man stopped his ute on the Centenary Highway around 4pm yesterday and as he got out and walked alongside it, he was struck by another ute travelling on the highway. He was taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital where […]