Minister for Police and Minister for Corrective Services the Honourable Mark Ryan MP today joined Commissioner Katarina Carroll to recognise a group of Queensland Police Service (QPS) officers and staff members for their contributions to the service. Today’s ceremony was Commissioner Carroll’s first opportunity in her new role to host an awards ceremony at Police […]
Queensland Police are supporting this year’s elder abuse campaign. The campaign is set to run until the end of this month and is focussed on highlighting the most common forms of elder abuse. Elder abuse is a single or repeated act that occurs within a relationship of trust with an older person which causes them […]
Police have conducted thorough investigations into allegations surrounding an aged care facility on the Gold Coast. Investigations have determined there was no evidence of any criminal offences being committed and there are no charges to be preferred against any person or organisation. No further action will be undertaken by police unless additional information is received. […]
Detectives from Noosa Heads Criminal Investigations Branch have charged a 41-year-old woman with one count of steal as a servant. This follows a two year investigation where it will be alleged more than 1 million dollars was stolen from a Hastings Street restaurant after a complaint was received from the owner. The Noosaville woman was […]
Winter is in full swing which means ugg boots and electric blankets are a house hold favourite for many Australians … but not in Far North Queensland (FNQ)! Over the past week the weather in the Far North has been nothing short of perfect with many tourists travelling north to enjoy the world famous rainforests […]
Police have made an arrest following an alleged dangerous operation of a motor vehicle which caused a serious traffic crash in Crestmead last night. Around 9.55pm, the vehicle which police will allege was on the incorrect side of the road, collided head on with another car on Fifth Avenue after running a red light at […]
Police are investigating following a fatal traffic crash involving a motorbike at Tallegalla, west of Ipswich this afternoon. Preliminary information suggests a head-on collision occurred between the motorbike and a ute on Rosewood Marburg Road around 4.15pm. The motorbike rider, a 50-year-old Pine Mountain man, sustained critical injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene. […]
A man has been charged with 13 serious offences after allegedly climbing the structure above the Clem 7 Tunnel entrance in Kangaroo Point this morning while armed with knives. It will be alleged that around 6.50am a man entered a café on Baines Street and approached three employees behind the main counter. The man allegedly […]
Three men have been arrested and police allegedly uncovered a hydroponic drug laboratory at Brassall this morning. Shortly before 11.30am, Ipswich detectives and Tactical Crime Squad officers executed a search warrant on a Hunter Street address where three men were taken into custody in relation to outstanding property offences. Upon arrival, officers located an alleged […]
A 17-year-old boy has been charged following investigations into the alleged armed robbery of an elderly man in Newport this week. On Monday, a 75-year-old man disturbed the teenager allegedly searching through his home on Defender Street around 4.40pm. The boy was arrested in Maryborough and charged with serious assault, armed robbery, enter dwelling with […]