Police are urging the North Queensland community to work with emergency services in anticipation of a large amount of rain due to hit the area in the next week. With the possibility of significant rainfalls forecast in the coming week, Far North Queensland emergency services are seeking the cooperation of motorists and residents so everyone […]
Police are seeking assistance to locate a man that escaped from police custody this afternoon in Ravenshoe. The 25-year-old man had been arrested earlier in the afternoon in relation to serious sexual assault offences and was taken by officers to the Ravenshoe Police Station where he was being transitioned into a more secure vehicle for […]
A man in his 20s has died in a two vehicle crash south of Miriam Vale today. Preliminary information indicates two vehicles, a sedan and a small truck towing a caravan, collided head-on on the Bruce Highway, approximately 38kms south of Miriam Vale at around 11.10am. The driver and sole occupant of the sedan was […]
A 13-year-old girl missing from Ravenshoe has been located safe and well. The media and public are thanked for their assistance.
Disappointingly on day six of the Christmas Road Safety Campaign (phase 2) police arrested nine drivers who were more than three times the legal alcohol limit in a total of 41 drivers charged with drink driving. The nine returned readings of 0.232% at Manunda, 0.214% at Woolloongabba, 0.209% at Strathpine, 0.204% at Tin Can Bay, […]
Police are investigating after thieves broke into a Gympie bottle shop overnight and stole a large quantity of alcohol. At approximately 2:45am this morning two men forced their way into the business on Monkland Street before loading at least 30 bottles of spirits into separate bags. The pair then fled the scene on foot. Police […]
Police are investigating a violent incident in Loganlea this morning. At around 3 am a man was walking along Coral Street, when he was attacked from behind by more than one offender, who struck him around the head, back and hands with a weapon before stealing his phone and wallet. The 36-year-old man received serious […]
A boy has been charged following a number of burglary and stolen vehicle offences in North Brisbane over the past two days. A number of houses were broken into on the afternoon of December 28 in Bardon, Ashgrove and Wooloowin and a quantity of property was stolen, as well as a vehicle. The vehicle which […]
Detectives are investigating after a number of people were robbed and sustained injures overnight in the South Brisbane area. Officers were called to Comer Street at 9.55pm following reports that a woman was walking in a car park and was assaulted by a man and had her handbag stolen. Police attended the scene and the […]