Update: The 24-year-old man reported missing from Brassall yesterday has been located safe and well. Police would like to thank the public for their assistance. Earlier: Police are appealing for urgent public assistance to locate a 24-year-old man. He was last seen yesterday at 2.30pm. The vehicle the man was driving was located today (yesterday) […]
Police have charged a man following the alleged arson of a church in Bundaberg early this morning. Just before 4am emergency services were called to Barolin Street following reports a building was engulfed in flames. The church, which was unoccupied at the time, was completely destroyed by the blaze. A 42-year-old Bundaberg West man was […]
Today police executed a series of search warrants throughout the Gold Coast, from Coolangatta to Yatala, targeting an organised crime syndicate and their offending behaviour. Operation Romeo Ionic, commenced in 2019 investigating an organised crime syndicate involved in drug trafficking, vehicle re-birthing, fraud, money laundering and firearm offences. Today’s actions have involved over 110 police […]
A second man has been charged following the alleged serious unprovoked assault of a man at an Upper Coomera gym last week. The 22-year-old Helensvale man handed himself into police this morning where he was charged with grievous bodily harm, possessing dangerous drugs and possessing a drug utensil. He has been denied police bail to […]
Police are investigating an assault in Thuringowa yesterday afternoon. Around 2.40pm, four people approached and assaulted a 16-year-old girl outside an educational facility on South Vickers Road. A second girl and five adults, who came to the aid of the victim, were also assaulted before the four people fled. Anyone who witnessed the incident is […]
A 44-year-old Nobby man has today been charged with six fraud related charges after an investigation into applications made to the Queensland Government’s Drought Relief Assistance Scheme. Investigators from the Major and Organised Crime Squad Rural (Toowoomba), charged the man with two counts of attempted fraud, two counts of forging documents and two counts of […]
Around 1:15pm police lifted the emergency declaration under the Public Safety Preservation Act (PSPA) put in place at 11:30am today in relation to a gas leak in Cairns. Please be advised that the Cairns CBD gas leak situation has now been successfully resolved. Residents can return home and are thanked for their patience.
Police have arrested and charged 35 people on 160 drug and firearm charges as part of an operation targeting the supply and distribution of methylamphetamine (ice) in the Toowoomba region. Commencing in mid-2019, the combined operations involving local police and State Crime Command investigators, culminated in 36 search warrants being issued at properties across Toowoomba […]
A man and woman reported missing after they were last seen with a car in flood waters near Nanango last night have been located safe and well. Police would like to thank the public for their assistance. Two people were reported missing after witnesses allegedly saw them pushing a vehicle in flood waters on the […]
This Safer Internet Day, investigators from the State Crime Command’s specialist units dedicated to combating cybercrime are calling on parents and young people to help in the fight against cybercrimes by staying alert to online risks. In a video launched today, Detective Constable Beti Surman from the Financial and Cyber Crime Group and Detective Inspector […]