A 45-year-old male senior constable from the South Eastern Region has been stood down from official duty with the Queensland Police Service and has been tasked to perform non-operational duties. The officer is subject of an investigation into allegations of unauthorised access of confidential information. The officer has been charged with one offence pursuant to […]
Police have located a large quantity of methamphetamine and drug lab equipment at a house at Helensvale this morning. Around 6.30am detectives from the Gold Coast Criminal Investigation Branch (West) executed a search warrant on the Latrobe Avenue address where is it alleged 500 grams of methamphetamine along with smaller amounts of LSD, cannabis, cash […]
A four-day drug and traffic operation in the state’s south west last week saw 19 people charged with 35 offences and police conduct around 3,000 random breath tests (RBT). Operation Romeo Redshirt involved officers from St George and surrounding areas and included personnel from St George general duties, the Criminal Investigation Branch, Major and Organised […]
A 43-year-old senior constable from Central Region who was stood down from official duty with the Queensland Police Service on March 15, 2018 has now been returned to operational duties. The officer was the subject of an investigation by the Crime and Corruption Commission and was served with a notice to appear in the Brisbane […]
A 35-year-old man from Ayr who was involved in a serious assault in Mareeba on Wednesday night (July 10) has passed away overnight. The man died at Townsville Hospital around 11:30pm surrounded by family. A 23-year-old Hillcrest man and 26-year-old Beenleigh man were both charged with grievous bodily harm and are now before Cairns Magistrates […]
A 12-year-old boy reported missing from Goodna has been located safe and well. Police would like to thank the media and the public for their assistance.
Maryborough detectives have charged two men following the alleged burglary at a private residence at Boat Harbour Drive in Urangan on Sunday night. It will be alleged at about 9pm four males forced entry into the property and assaulted two male residents aged 27 and 22. The two men were forced into a car and […]
Police are encouraging vehicle owners to consider installing GPS tracking devices and employ basic security measures to help drive down vehicle thefts across Queensland. A total of 16,322 cars, motorcycles and trucks were reported stolen across Queensland last financial year (2018 / 2019), up from 14,133 in the previous financial year (2017 / 2018). Acting […]
Police are investigating the armed robbery of an elderly man in Newport this afternoon. At 4.40pm a 75-year-old man disturbed someone who was searching through his home on Defender Street. The offender, who was armed with a pickaxe then threatened the man and demanded he hand over his car keys. When he refused, the elderly […]
Police are investigating a single vehicle, fatal crash in Rockhampton this afternoon. At 4pm, a vehicle was travelling west along Machi Nine Road when it left the roadway and collided with a tree. The front seat passenger, a 16-year-old boy was pronounced deceased at the scene. The 19-year-old male driver was transported to Rockhampton Base […]