Police are treating a fire that damaged a Karawatha house this evening as suspicious. Around 6.15pm, the house on Wembley Road became fully engulfed in flames. Witnesses have described seeing a number of people leaving the residence shortly before the fire started. The scene will be guarded overnight before further examinations are conducted tomorrow. Anyone […]
Detectives investigating the death of a man in North Cairns are appealing for dash cam footage or anyone with information in relation to a vehicle in the vicinity of Collins Avenue between January 1 and January 3. Police have identified the vehicle’s owner are seeking to establish its movements between 8pm on the 1st of […]
Police are appealing for witnesses to a fire that destroyed a building in Moorooka early this morning. Preliminary information suggests the timber premises on Beaudesert Road became engulfed with flames around 3am. Fire crews brought the blaze under control however there was significant fire and water damage to three businesses. The cause of the blaze […]
Police have charged two men with drug and firearm offences following a search of a vehicle at Giru yesterday. At about 2:30pm officers from Giru located a vehicle parked at the Houghton River Bridge on the Bruce Highway occupied by two men. Police will allege during a search of the vehicle officers uncovered a .22 […]
Sunshine Coast detectives have located $150,000 worth of allegedly stolen machinery and equipment reported missing from a number of locations across Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast from late October 2016 to early January 2 2017. Police will allege batteries, switchboard cabinets, monitoring equipment and machinery were stolen from locations at Bruce Highway in Beerburrum, Steve […]
Rockhampton Detectives have today arrested and charged a 54-year-old local man with fraud offences following a protracted investigation. It will be alleged that in June of 2015, the man fraudulently obtained $465,000 through a loan while acting as the president of a local sporting governing body. The 54-year-old Rockhampton man has been charged with one […]
Police have charged 5 people with more than 45 charges following Operation Papa Glimpse in the Sunshine Coast and Wide Bay districts. The operation has focused on a number of robbery, stealing, unlawful use of a motor vehicle and arson offences in the Sunshine Coast, Gympie and Wide Bay areas over the past weeks […]
A man has been charged over an incident yesterday where a 26-year-old Loganholme man was allegedly assaulted and held against his will at a business at Southport. Around 9.30am emergency services were called to a George Street unit after a man sought refuge there suffering non-life threatening injuries. It is alleged the man had been […]
Police are investigating after a fatal traffic crash at Bullcamp near Nanango early this morning. Preliminary investigations indicate around 12.15am, man in his 20s was driving west on River Road, when the vehicle has left the road and rolled. The man was declared deceased at the scene. The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating. If you […]
Police are investigating after a boat was destroyed by fire at Varsity Lakes in the early hours of this morning. Around 4am emergency services were called after a fire engulfed a boat that was parked on the street outside of a unit in Balmain Street. The four metre Pongrass runabout cruiser boat was completely destroyed. […]