Police have charged a man after a take away shop was allegedly robbed at Belgian Gardens earlier tonight. It will be alleged at 7.30pm a man entered the Bundock Street business and threatened the female staff member with a knife demanding money. The staff member complied, and the man fled the store. A man matching […]
Police are investigating a fatal single vehicle roll over that occurred in Booubyjan this afternoon. At around 1.30pm, police were called to a single vehicle that had crashed into a tree on the Burnett Highway around 45kms north of Goomeri. The two occupants in the van, a man and a woman both aged in their […]
Police are investigating a fatal traffic crash at the intersection of Deshon Street and Longlands Street, Woolloongabba. A car was being driven west along Deshon Street when it performed a right-hand turn. A 51-year-old motorcycle rider was travelling in the opposite direction when the two vehicles have collided. The motorcycle rider passed away as a […]
Cairns Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a 28-year-old man who was last seen yesterday in Westcourt entering a canal. The man left a Westcourt address with a family friend around 4am before walking down to a Chinaman Creek canal located near the intersection of Brophy and Dillon streets and entering the […]
A 36-year-old woman reported missing from a music festival at Woodford has been found safe and well. Police thank the media and the community for their assistance. Original release: Police are seeking public assistance to locate a 36-year-old woman missing from a music festival at Woodford. The woman was last seen leaving her tent at […]
The Christmas holiday road toll has risen to five following a two vehicle crash on the Bruce Highway at Lowmead yesterday which tragically claimed the life of a 21-year-old man. A sedan and a small truck towing a caravan collided head-on south of Miriam Vale at around 11.10am. A man and woman aged 60 sustained […]
Police responded to reports of a disturbance at a Forest Lake address around 3.20am this morning. Preliminary inquiries indicate that on arrival in Banksia Circuit police were confronted and threatened by a 16-year-old boy armed with knives. Officers discharged their firearm striking him. Officers provided immediate first-aid before he was transported to the Princess Alexander […]
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 […]