Two nights ago, Australians started receiving calls all the way from Cameroon in Central Africa. Calls were very short allowing practically no opportunity to answer them. Welcome to the call-back scam or as it became known in New Zealand in April this year, the Wangiri scam. Meaning “one ring and cut”. One of Mackay’s very own police officers received […]
This boy has now been located safe and well. Police are seeking public assistance to help locate a boy reported missing from Bracken Ridge The 12-year-old boy was last seen at a residence on Baronnet Street on November 1 and has not made contact with family since. Police and family are concerned for his safety […]
The Organised Crime Gangs Group (Criminal Economy Unit) has obtained a warrant for the arrest of a 32-year-old Sunnybank man for his involvement and management of organised money laundering and fraud activity during 2015. The man is alleged to be currently offshore after having left Australia abruptly in July 2017 when search warrants seized documents […]
Detectives from the Upper Mount Gravatt Criminal Investigations Branch are investigating a suspicious fire in Mackenzie that occurred late last night. Preliminary investigations indicate that around 10.15pm, three men have smashed a window of the Botticelli Place residence, poured an accelerant into the dwelling and ignited it. The three men then fled the scene in […]
A pedestrian died in a traffic incident at Nerang last night, November 1. Preliminary investigations indicate a man and vehicle collided at the intersection of Weedons Road and Crusader Way around 8.30pm. The pedestrian, a 42-year-old local man, died at the scene. The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating. If you have information for police, contact […]
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a 39-year-old Cairns man reported missing since yesterday. He was last seen in Bentley Park at around 6:00pm and has not been seen by family since. Police hold concerns for his welfare as he has a medical condition. He is described as Aboriginal in appearance, approximately […]
Police have charged a woman following investigations into a fatal traffic crash on Magnetic Island on June 1 this year. Around 1am, police attended Sooning Street in Nelly Bay and discovered a mini moke had left the roadway and crashed into a power pole after failing to negotiate a roundabout. The two men, aged 41 […]
A 27-year-old woman reported missing from Holland Park on the weekend has been located deceased. The woman was last seen on Saturday morning, October 28, and later that day at the BP Wellington Point, with her vehicle located at Wellington Point Reserve on Sunday morning, October 29. The woman’s body was found late yesterday afternoon […]
Detectives from Taskforce Latro South have charged a man with property related offences after locating a large quantity of suspected stolen property at a Cutana Court residence at Ashmore on Monday October 31, 2017 It is alleged the property was gained by breaking into and stealing from cars in the Palm Beach, Ashmore and Southport […]
A new police taskforce recently set up in Logan is closing in on unsolved crime after teaming up with Griffith University in an effort to gain a clearer understanding of the causal factors behind robberies taking place across the district. Established in July the Logan District Robbery Taskforce, working in conjunction with the Logan District […]