Our Project Unite team deployed yesterday to Westfield Helensvale and Helensvale Railway Station, meeting with the local community about how we can work together to keep everyone safe in the lead up to and during the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Project Unite is the Queensland Police Service’s crime prevention response for detecting, deterring and disrupting criminal […]
Police are investigating a dangerous operation of a motor vehicle incident that occurred this morning at Mount Gravatt East which resulted in damage to a police vehicle. Around 10am, officers attempted to intercept an allegedly stolen white Holden Colorado utility in the drive-thru of a Pine Mountain Road fast food restaurant. The driver of the […]
Police are investigating a suspicious fire which occurred in Greenslopes this morning. Just after 7am, emergency services were called to the address of an abandoned house on Old Cleveland Rd, Greenslopes. Upon arrival, officers found the dwelling fully engulfed in flames and extensively damaged. A crime scene has been declared as police work to determine […]
Police are investigating an incident that occurred in a unit at South Mackay yesterday afternoon, October 23. Around 4.30pm, police were called to an address on Morley Street following reports that a woman had been assaulted. Preliminary investigations indicate a man and woman were involved in a verbal argument that escalated. A 72-year-old woman sustained […]
October 24 is Pink Ribbon Day and officers from Centenary Division are proud to go pink by wearing pink Queensland Police Service badges to help raise awareness and funds. Acting Deputy Commissioner Bob Gee said wearing pink QPS badges was a great way to start important conversations that could help make a difference. “Unfortunately breast […]
Police are investigating following the robbery of a taxi driver at Southport early this morning. Preliminary information suggests around 12.25am a 58-year-old man had stopped his taxi on Muir Street when another man came and smashed the driver’s side window with a hammer. The man then threatened the driver, claiming he had a knife, and […]
Police are investigating a fatal traffic crash which occurred in Margate this morning. Preliminary investigations suggest around 11.20am a white Toyota Yaris was travelling in a northerly direction along Leonard Street and as it has entered the intersection with Dunbar Street it has collided with small Honda motorcycle travelling eastbound. The female motorcyclist was pronounced […]
Update: 12.08am 27/10/2017 The 17-year-old girl reported missing from Raceview has been located safe and well. Police would like to thank the media and the public for their assistance. The original media release (below) has been edited to remove identifying particulars. Police are appealing for assistance to locate a girl missing from Raceview. The 17-year-old […]
Police can confirm that 45-year-old Ben Leahy from Cairns was one of the men located in the wreckage of the Fishing Vessel Dianne by divers on Saturday. Ben’s family would like to make the following statement: The confirmation of the death of our beloved Ben has devastated our family and all his friends. While his […]
Update October 24, 2017 – A 17-year-old girl reported missing from Drewvale 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 17-year-old girl last seen in Drewvale. The girl was last seen at her residence about […]