Minister for Police and Minister for Corrective Services, the Honourable Mark Ryan MP, joined Commissioner Katarina Carroll in Brisbane yesterday to officially open the 2019 Future of Policing Symposium. The Future of Policing Symposium (FOPS) is an invitation only event, hosted by the Queensland Police Service, Griffith Criminology Institute and Griffith University focussed on collaboration. […]
Police have charged a teenage boy following an incident at Nambour on Monday where a firearm was allegedly discharged into a residence. It will be alleged a 16-year-old boy attended a Webster Road address on August 5 just before 2pm, produced a knife and threatened the occupants of the home. The boy then allegedly made […]
Police are seeking public assistance to help locate two men in relation to a robbery in South Toowoomba on June 17. Around 11.15pm, two 16-year-old boys were walking on Diagonal Street when two men approached them. They threatened the boys with a knife, demanding their backpacks and phone. The boys complied, and the men fled […]
Detectives from the Financial and Cyber Crime Group, State Crime Command, charged three men and two women during May and August 2019 with fraud and money laundering following a protracted cold call investment fraud investigation known as Operation Quebec Walnut. Detectives investigated an alleged criminal syndicate which operated a number of businesses selling cryptocurrency investments […]
Police are investigating after a man sustained a stab wound at Pimpama overnight. Around 7.30pm the man has told police he was sitting in his car at Bull Road when he was approached by a man known to him. The man allegedly stabbed him in the torso through the open car window. The injured man […]
Police investigating a serious crash at Merrimac this evening are appealing for public assistance. At 6pm, a white Subaru Impreza travelling southbound on the Pacific Highway collided with the rear of a silver Rav 4. The impact from the collision caused the Rav to roll several times before coming to rest. The male driver from […]
Detectives have charged a 31-year-old man after he allegedly stole several vehicles and evaded police through the Gold Coast today. The man allegedly stole a motorcycle at about 6am from Watson Esplanade at Surfers Paradise, placing it on the back of a hired ute. It is also alleged that the man travelled to Clark Street, […]
Police have released vision in relation to the rescue of eight people, following a boat fire off Main Beach this morning. Around 9.30am, police were notified of a boat fire in the Gold Coast Seaway, approximately 4.3 nautical miles off the coastline. Gold Coast Water Police attended and transported 6 adults and 2 children, aged […]
A 39-year-old male detective senior constable from State Crime Command has been suspended from official duty with the Queensland Police Service. The officer is subject of an investigation into allegations of stealing and unlawful possession of a dangerous drug. In keeping with our commitment to high standards of behaviour, transparency and accountability, we have undertaken […]
Police are investigating following the armed robbery of a hotel in Toowoomba this morning. At around 3am a man approached a 28-year-old employee at the business on Bridge Street, Newtown and advised him the toilets were broken. The employee went to the bathrooms with the man who then produced a knife and demanded money from […]