Detectives from the State Crime Command’s Financial and Cyber Crime Group have extradited a 54-year-old Brisbane man from New Zealand overnight and today charged him following a protracted investigation into a multimillion-dollar global investment fraud. Operation Quebec Kidback commenced in January 2018 following information received from multiple complainants in Australia and around the world involving […]
Police are appealing for information from witnesses or anyone who has knowledge of a fire that occurred outside a Robertson Street, Eastern Heights (Ipswich) home between 11:00pm and 11:30pm on Friday night, February 22. It appears the fire started at the fence line and as a result a large part of the fence was destroyed […]
A blitz on property crime has seen police in Cairns arrest more than 500 people and lay more than 700 charges since early January. Chief Superintendent Brian Huxley said the Greater Cairns Taskforce – which was launched on January 5 – had put a dent in property crime, with reductions seen right across the area. […]
Detectives are investigating a suspicious fire which occurred in Brendale overnight. Emergency services attended the South Pine Road business around midnight and found the premises well alight. Preliminary investigations indicate the blaze may have been deliberately lit. The fire was extinguished quickly, however caused extensive damage to the business with some neighbouring properties sustaining smoke […]