Every day, security officers put themselves in harm’s way to protect the public from danger. Yet few people ever recognise the sacrifices they make. July 24 (24/7) is International Security Officers Day. The date has been chosen specifically to represent the 24/7 nature of security work. The Queensland Police Service, Protective Services Group recently transitioned […]
Police are appealing for information following a serious single vehicle traffic crash in Tannum Sands overnight. Initial investigations indicate a blue 2005 model Holden Commodore lost control on Millenium Esplanade and collided with a pole around 12.30am. Two local men, both 20 years of age were taken to Gladstone Hospital with life threatening injuries and […]
Police are appealing for information in relation to an incident which led to shots being fired at a business in Slacks Creek. Around 4am on 28 June, a white Hyundai four-wheel-drive was captured on CCTV arriving at the gates of a business on Dan Street via Allgas Street. A man, described as approximately 180cm tall […]
A man has been arrested at Sunshine Beach this morning after allegedly confronting police with a replica weapon. Officers attended an address on Park Crescent to conduct a welfare check at around 12.45am. It will be alleged that as police entered the unit, a man presented what appeared to be a semi-automatic rifle and pointed […]
A man and a woman have been charged after a firearm, ammunition and drugs were located in a vehicle at the border checkpoint at Tugun. It is alleged police intercepted a car around 8.45pm on July 22 and discovered drugs inside the vehicle and a modified pump action shot gun and ammunition in a bag […]
Police have charged two people in relation to the alleged armed robbery of a service station in Maryborough and a break in at Rainbow Beach. Around 12am this morning (July 23), three people rammed the glass doors of a bottle shop in a Rainbow Beach Road shopping centre using a shopping trolley. They then placed […]
Yesterday, officers from the State Crime Command’s South East Region Major and Organised Crime Squad executed a search warrant at a Mermaid Waters address locating dangerous drugs, a loaded firearm, ammunition and a large sum of cash. Police arrested a 33-year-old man and a 24-year-old man from Mermaid Waters for drug and weapon offences including […]
Police have charged two people over a fire at a Southport barber shop that caused significant damage to multiple businesses on June 28. It is alleged shortly before 1.30am, police and emergency services were called to the Meron Street precinct after reports the building was on fire. The fire caused extensive damage to the business […]
As a result of ongoing investigations into criminal offences by gang members, officers from Taskforce Maxima, Organised Crime Gangs Group executed a search warrant on a Sunnybank Hills address yesterday. The search of the Park Avenue residence resulted in the location and seizure of a taser, flick knife, steroids, cannabis and a large amount of […]
Innisfail Police were patrolling around the Bentley Park area recently when they spotted a driver with a companion with the need for speed. Watch on YouTube Officers intercepted the red utility after spotting a small lap dog sitting on his owner’s lap travelling along the Bruce Highway. While the pup looked to be enjoying himself […]