Police and emergency services searching for a missing 25-year-old woman near Tully have located the woman alive in bushland at Mount Tyson this afternoon. The woman was located at about 12.10pm in bushland suffering from dehydration and exposure after being lost in the bush for six days. The woman was airlifted from the site by […]
Homicide detectives investigating the murder of Dorothy Britton at Airlie Beach in 1996 have received new information about the case since their appeal in May. The body of the 48-year-old woman was found at 6.30pm on Thursday, 7 March 1996 in her house at Timberlands Road, Jubilee Pocket, Airlie Beach. Mrs Britton was last seen […]
FINAL UPDATE – June 7 – The missing woman was located safe by search crews in bushland at Mount Tyson today. Original media release (below) has been amended to remove photo and name. Update: 12MD June 7 – police can now confirm that Ms Han was last seen around 10.30am on Friday, June 1. She was […]
Update: The 9-year-old girl reported missing from Woodridge has been located safe and well. Police are seeking public assistance to help locate a girl reported missing from Woodridge. The 9-year-old was last seen around 6.30pm on Thursday May 31 on Station Road at Woodridge but hasn’t been seen since. Concerns are held for her welfare […]
FINAL UPDATE – June 7 – The missing woman was located safe by search crews in bushland at Mount Tyson today. Original media release (below) has been amended to remove photo and name. Update: 12MD June 7 – police can now confirm that Ms Han was last seen around 10.30am on Friday, June 1. She was […]
Police are seeking public assistance with an investigation into a number of grass fires that have been deliberately lit in the Rockhampton area in the past three weeks. Around 3.30am this morning police and emergency services attended grass fires that occurred on the corner of Bowlin and Quay streets, Depot Hill. The fires were started […]
Two police officers have retrieved a man who was trapped in his burning car which had overturned in Gympie this morning. Just after 7am police responded to reports of the single vehicle traffic crash on Chappel Street. Upon arriving at the scene, the senior constable and constable managed to smash through the windscreen and retrieve […]
Detectives have commenced the enforcement phase of a protracted Prostitution Enforcement Task Force operation targeting non-compliant advertising for prostitution in south east Queensland. Operation Quebec Ravens began in August 2016 to detect and identify those involved in illegal prostitution and to disrupt their illegal activities and dismantle their illegal networks. Over the past two days, […]
Police are urging members of the Chinese community to be vigilant with a sophisticated extortion scam targeting Chinese nationals in Australia. In one particular case last month, a Chinese tourist in Cairns was contacted by scammers claiming to be Chinese government officials. The scammers claimed the tourist was implicated in crimes and demanding large sums […]
Police have charged three people with a number of offences following investigations into alleged break and enters which occurred across Murgon, Tiaro and Eli Waters on June 3 and 4. Police will allege a 16-year-old boy and two men aged 18 and 19 threatened a woman with a tomahawk before stealing her car at around […]