The Financial and Cyber Crime Group is warning the public of a current scam involving online purchases and fake bank statement receipts. Victims are reporting after advertising items for sale online, they are contacted to organise a sale. The buyer (criminal) will then send through a screenshot of the payment for the item and often […]
Update: The 13-year-old boy was ocated safe and well on November 26. Original blog post amended to remove identifying particulars. Police are seeking public assistance to help locate a 13-year-old boy missing from Forest Lake. The boy was last seen on Monday, November 20, and has not contact family or friends since. Police urge the boy, […]
Police have charged two people following a large factory fire on September 24 in Virginia. Around 3.30pm police and emergency services attended a large fire that had broken out in an industrial building on Pritchard Road. Police yesterday charged a 34-year-old Ormiston woman and a 38-year-old Ormiston man with two counts of arson and attempted […]
Police are investigating the attempted armed robbery of a petrol station at Redbank Plains this morning. Around 7.30am, a man entered the Kruger Parade store, approached the counter and produced what appeared to be a handgun. He threatened the staff member and demanded money, however fled moments later empty-handed when the alarm was activated. No […]
Sunshine Coast detectives are currently in Christchurch extraditing a 48-year-old New Zealand man following a three year investigation into an alleged million-dollar fraud. The investigation was launched by the Sunshine Coast Criminal Investigation Branch after a 71-year-old Birtinya man reported the loss of $78,000 in October 2014. During the course of the three year investigation […]
Adopted into their local school, Adopt-A-Cops help shape healthy relationships with police. Their presence at the school can have such a positive effect on the kids and the people they will develop to be. It’s something that the police, the children, the parents, the school and the community treasure. Since 2010, the Queensland Police Service […]
The Project Unite team were out amongst the crowds heading to the Gabba for the Ashes this morning to help promote the ‘United for a Safer Community’ mantra. The team spoke with the general public regarding the safety and security of the community in the lead up to the Commonwealth Games. The team will be […]
It was a busy night in Surfer Paradise last night with a large crowd descending on the entertainment precinct for day six of schoolies on the Gold Coast. Despite the large crowd there were only six schoolies charged with nine offences overnight relating to drug and public nuisance offences with two schoolies given liquor infringement […]
Police have located two young children safe and well following an incident at a home in Beerwah on November 21. Investigations into the incident are continuing. 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 […]
Police are investigating the attempted robbery of a pharmacy at Currajong this morning. Around 10am, a man entered a chemist on Keane Street and told staff he had a knife, before demanding prescription medication. Staff refused his demands and the man ran from the store towards Dalrymple Service Road. No weapon was sighted and no […]