A 48-year-old male Senior Constable from the Northern Region has been stood down from official duty with the Queensland Police Service and will be tasked to perform non-operational duties. An internal investigation is being conducted into allegations the officer used excessive force in effecting the arrest of members of the public on three separate occasions. […]
A 16-year-old boy has been shot by police following an incident in Springfield this afternoon. Police were called to a disturbance at a residence in Danube Street just before 2.30pm. The boy has been transported to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in a serious but stable condition. An investigation of the incident will be conducted by […]
As part of continued efforts to target those who prey on members of the public using cold call investment fraud tactics, police from the Financial and Cyber Crime Group, with assistance from the Drug and Serious Crime Group and Major and Organised Crime Squad, yesterday arrested five men for their alleged involvement in cold call […]
Police are investigating following the suspicious death of a man at Wynnum West last Thursday, February 8. James Switez-Glowacz, 36, was located deceased at a residence on Florabelle Court by a relative around 4.15pm. A crime scene was declared. Police have determined the death to be suspicious following the results of a post-mortem examination. It […]
A man has died after a truck crashed into a business in Windsor this morning. Around 9.35am, a garbage truck left the road and crashed into the camping supplies store at the intersection of Northey and Lutwyche roads. The male driver in his 40s was pronounced deceased at the scene. Five other people were in […]
Police are appealing for any CCTV or dash cam vision in relation to a suspicious fire at an abandoned Chinese restaurant at Surfers Paradise overnight. Shortly after 8pm last night police and other emergency services were called to the fire at the Surfers Paradise Boulevard premises. Emergency services extinguished the fire however the building sustained […]
Police are searching for two males who seriously assaulted an 18-year-old local man overnight at the intersection of Margaret Street and Watsons Lane in West Mackay. The assault took place between 8:30pm and 9pm when the two males approached the 18-year-old victim, punching and kicking the man as well as striking him with a baseball […]
Police are investigating after a service station at Eli Waters was robbed last night (February 13). Around 9.35pm two men entered the business on Maryborough Hervey Bay Road and threatened a male staff member with a firearm demanding money. The staff member complied and the men fled the store with a sum of cash. The […]
Police have located safe and well the 53-year-old man reported missing in the Cairns area yesterday.
Forensic Crash Unit officers are investigating a fatal two vehicle traffic crash at Vale View yesterday afternoon. Initial inquiries indicate at 3.30pm a car and truck, both headed south, have collided on Drayton Connection Road near the intersection of Newman Road. A male passenger in the car, a man in his fifties, died at the […]