Police are investigating after a service station was robbed in Redbank Plains early this morning. Officers were called to a service station at 1.15am after a man entered the service station on Redbank Plains Road and approached the counter. He produced a knife and threatened the attendant before demanding cash and cigarettes. The male attendant […]
Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at this morning at a service station on Brisbane Road in Dinmore. A man entered the store at 4.25am and produced a knife before demanding cash and cigarettes. The attendant complied and handed the man a sum of cash and cigarettes and was last seen […]
Police are investigating a house fire that occurred in Norman Gardens overnight. Emergency services were called to a house on Pftzemaier Street at 4.00am this morning with reports of a fire. On arrival, the house was found fully ablaze, causing extensive damage to the dwelling. Police guarded the scene and specialist officers are attending the […]
Police have charged a man after he allegedly assaulted police with a metal bat at West End in Townsville overnight. At 6.30pm, police were conducting a routine traffic stop on Mary Street in West End when the passenger of the car was seen to run from the vehicle. When police caught up with the man, […]
Yesterday morning we had a very special visitor at QPS Headquarters in Roma Street when Santa Claus stopped by to hand out some wonderful presents for the Commissioner’s Gift Drive. Commissioner Ian Stewart was the official ‘helper’ for the morning, escorting Santa into the atrium and thanking the many people who made this wonderful project […]
Police are investigating the armed robbery and assault of a traffic control worker at Chandler overnight. A man was controlling traffic at a worksite on Mount Gravatt – Capalaba Road at 11.25pm when he flagged down a car that was speeding. The occupants of the car then stopped and the driver got out and repeatedly […]
Police have charged a woman after a man died in an altercation that occurred in Babinda yesterday afternoon. Officers were called to a park on Harwood Drive at 12.10pm after reports of a physical altercation between a man and a woman. A 23-year-old man was transported to hoptial with an alleged stanb wound to his […]
Police are investigating two armed robberies overnight in Brisbane South. At around 12.30am, two men entered a tavern on Sumners Road, one armed with what is believed to be a handgun and threatened staff. One of the men struck a security guard in the head with the gun, knocking him to the ground while the […]
Police are investigating a fatal traffic crash which occurred on Gatton Helidon Road this afternoon. Just before 4pm, police were called to the scene following reports of a two-vehicle-crash. The driver of one car, a 82-year-old man, was airlifted to the Royal Brisbane Hospital in a critical condition, where he later died. The 47-year-old female […]
A man reported missing from Pullenvale has been located safe and well. Earlier: Police are seeking assistance to help locate a man reported missing from Pullenvale. He was last seen leaving a residence at 5.45pm today. He is described as Caucasian in appearance, around 172cms tall with brown hair and brown eyes. Anyone who may […]