Detectives are investigating a series of street robberies on the Gold Coast overnight. Around 2.30am, a 50-year-old man was confronted by four men on Goodwin Terrace at Burleigh Heads. The group threatened him with a knife and struck him on the leg with a metal baseball bat before stealing his phone and wallet and fleeing […]
Police are investigating a fatal traffic incident that occurred in Kedron this morning, January 20. Just before 7.20am, police were called to Gympie Road, between Somerset Road and Broughton Road, following reports that a woman had been struck by a car in the northbound lanes. The pedestrian died at the scene. She has not yet […]
Police are investigating the serious assault of a 31-year-old man at Barney Point early this morning. At about 3.45am, the man was at a Callide Crescent address when an altercation occurred with three men known to him. During the incident, the man was repeatedly punched, kicked and assaulted with a brick. The victim escaped to […]
Update: 12.28pm 21/01/2018 The 13-year-old boy reported missing from Greenbank 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 public assistance to help locate a 13-year-old boy reported missing […]
Two men have been charged after allegedly driving a stolen car from police through Ipswich yesterday morning, January 19. At around 11.15am, police were travelling along Blackwall Road in Chuwar when they attempted to intercept the alleged stolen Holden Commodore with false number plates which was being driven with a blown tyre. The vehicle allegedly […]
Detectives are investigating a violent robbery incident that occurred at Burleigh Heads early this morning. At about 2.30am, a man was walking along Goodwin Terrace when four masked men exited a nearby white Nissan Navara and approached him. The masked men threatened the man with a knife and struck him on the leg with a […]
Police are investigating after a man was assaulted in Acacia Ridge overnight. Officers were called at 11.50pm following reports that a man was being assaulted out the front of a hotel on Beaudesert Road. On arrival, a 59-year-old man was discovered out the front of the business with a broken leg. He was taken to […]
Police from Capalaba’s Tactical Crime Squad have charged six people with trafficking in dangerous drugs following the closure of Operation Papa Galosh which commenced in February 2017. The operation targeted the supply and distribution of methyl amphetamine on several southern bay islands including Russell, Macleay and Lamb Islands. Police executed 32 search warrants on addresses […]
Police are appealing for witnesses following reports of a car allegedly being driven dangerously through the Gold Coast this afternoon before eventually crashing. It is alleged around 1.30pm a blue Holden Commodore was travelling southbound on the Gold Coast Highway at high speed, swerving over the road and hitting the curb. The vehicle then allegedly […]
Two men have been arrested after allegedly driving a stolen car from police through Ipswich this morning. At around 11.15am police were travelling along Blackwall Road in Chuwar when they attempted to intercept the alleged stolen Holden Commodore with false number plates which was being driven with a blown tyre. The vehicle allegedly failed to […]