Officers from the Far North District Water Police are coordinating a search for a man missing in waters to the north of Innisfail. The 35-year-old Cairns man was spear fishing alone in waters between Palmer Point and High Island, north of Innisfail yesterday (Saturday, March 18, 2017). Around 6pm the man’s unoccupied aluminium dingy was […]
Police revoked the emergency declaration made under the Public Safety Preservation Act at 4.10am this morning with officers having conducted extensive searches within the declared area, including a detailed search of an apartment complex. Police had made the declaration after being called to Logan Road, Holland Park West around 9.50pm last night after a man […]
A search for a helicopter missing off Curtis Island with two men on-board ended when the men were located on a beach near Curtis Island just before 1am today, Sunday, March 19, 2017. The men were found by the RACQ Rescue 300 helicopter after it spotted their partially submerged helicopter on the eastern side of Curtis […]
A police operation is currently underway in the Holland Park West area following reports a man had sustained a suspected gunshot wound. Police declared an emergent situation under the Public Safety Preservation Act at 10.10pm with the boundaries of the declaration covering Logan Road and Barton Road, down to Castle Hill Street, to Hocking Street, […]
UPDATE: A 15-year-old girl reported missing from East Ipswich on February 7 has been located safe and well. The original media release (below) has been edited to remove identifying features: Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a 15-year-old girl reported missing from East Ipswich. The girl was last seen around 5am on […]
Police are investigating following a serious traffic crash at Milbong, south of Ipswich this afternoon. Initial information suggests around 2.30pm a car travelling along Ipswich-Boonah Road crashed into a ditch near Johnson Road, trapping the two occupants inside. Emergency services attended the scene and were able to free two women from the vehicle. The passenger, […]
Police are investigating the armed robbery of an Edmonton service station. Around 1pm, a man entered the Bruce Highway business and requested cigarettes from a staff member. As she turned to get them, the man pulled a large knife from under his clothes and demanded cash. The staff member refused to comply, and the man […]
Toowoomba police have charged a 24-year-old Glenvale man with a number of offences- including serious assault police, dangerous driving and arson following a number of incidents in the Toowoomba area yesterday, including one where an officer was injured at Kearneys Spring. An officer pulled over an allegedly stolen vehicle on Anzac Avenue on Kearneys Spring […]
A 40-year-old male Constable from Northern Region has been suspended from the Queensland Police Service. The officer is subject of an investigation in relation to the unlawful assault of a juvenile; using inappropriate, offensive and threatening language while speaking to a juvenile, and turning his Body-Worn Video off during his interaction with a juvenile. In […]
Detectives investigating the serious assault of a man in his home at Kallangur on March 15 have charged three people. It will be alleged two women knocked on the front door of the Duffield Road residence around 10.20am while the 64-year-old man was at home. While he was speaking with the women it will be […]