Police have charged two men in relation to the alleged armed robbery of a convenience store in Rochedale on Sunday (June 19). It is alleged the pair entered a Belmore Drive store on Sunday afternoon, wearing masks and armed with a knife and a hammer. The men obtained money and cigarettes before fleeing the store […]
Police are investigating the attempted armed robbery of a business in Dalby this afternoon. Around 3.05pm a teenage boy has entered a business on Patrick Street and made demands for money. An employee has produced an empty cash box. The boy has grabbed it and thrown it to the ground before producing a pocket knife. […]
A male senior constable from Central Region, who was stood down from official duty with the Queensland Police Service, will now return to operational duties. The officer was stood down in relation to allegations of weapons misuse, theft, misuse of authority and inappropriate workplace conduct. The discipline investigations in relation to this matter have now […]
Two teenage girls have been charged in relation to the armed robbery of two convenience stores and an incident at Auchenflower yesterday where a man allegedly had his car stolen at knife-point. It will be alleged at around 10pm on July 19 a man and a 16-year-old girl entered a business on Bailey Road in […]
A New South Wales man has been fined after trying to enter Queensland in the boot of a vehicle at Wallangarra. Officers intercepted the vehicle on Border Street around 6.45pm on Sunday night and while conducting a search, located the 41-year-old man hiding in the boot. The man was fined $4,003 for attempting to enter […]
Former racehorse and police horse Chief de Beers passed away peacefully on Friday, July 17, weeks shy of his 29th birthday. Affectionately known as ‘Chief’, he was a celebrated champion, particularly when racing at Doomben where he was victorious in 20 of 51 races, with 17 placings. Upon his retirement from racing in 1999, Chief […]
Detectives from the State Crime Command’s Drug and Serious Crime Group have laid additional charges against a 43-year-old man for the trafficking of dangerous drugs. The man was initially charged with drug trafficking offences in September 2019 following the multi-agency investigation and seizure of 776 kilograms of MDMA powder by police as part of Operation […]
Update as of 4.45am: Police and emergency services were called to a tavern and backpackers’ hostel on Bourbong Street in Bundaberg Central at 11pm last night following reports of a serious fire. Upon arrival, police assisted with the evacuation of over 60 people from the hostel and a number from another nearby motel. Thankfully, all […]