Police are investigating after a man died in a motorcycle crash at Mount Nebo today. Preliminary investigations indicate the rider was travelling along Mount Nebo Road around 11:30am when he lost control near Jolly’s Lookout. The rider and his bike then fell down a steep embankment. The 61-year-old Closeburn man was pronounced deceased at the […]
Detectives investigating the murder of a 15-year-old boy in Redcliffe on March 13 have eliminated a young man, shown in CCTV vision today, from their enquiries. The male in the vision has been in contact with police and is no longer a person of interest in the investigation. Police would like to thank the community […]
A 15-year-old boy has been charged following investigations into the alleged attempted robbery and assault of a taxi driver in Sarina earlier this month. The 62-year-old male driver was located with a serious chest injury in his crashed taxi on Brewers Road on the afternoon of March 6. He was transported in a critical condition […]
The Queensland Police Service (QPS) has suspended static (multi-vehicle) roadside breath and drug tests to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission. This approach will take immediate effect and remain in place until further notice. The decision has been made to minimise health risks to QPS officers and the community. Road safety continues to be a […]
Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a man they wish to speak with following the shooting death of a 22-year-old man last week. Michael Zanco (pictured below right) sustained a gunshot wound to his head at a Frayne Road property in Amamoor on Thursday evening. Sadly he passed away as a result of […]
Police have charged 36 people with drug offences and seized hundreds of cannabis plants and a large quantity of hydroponic equipment as part of an ongoing operation targeting the production, distribution and trafficking of cannabis on the Sunshine Coast hinterland and South Burnett regions. Police executed 35 search warrants across the Sunshine Coast hinterland, Fraser […]
Four people have been charged following an alleged dangerous driving incident across the Cassowary Coast yesterday. Around 12pm, Innisfail Road Policing Unit detected two stolen vehicles travelling in convoy around just north of Innisfail. A tyre deflation device disabled one vehicle in Tully, at which point the occupants fled to the other vehicle. Around 2pm […]
Police have charged a 30-year-old man and member of the Finks OMCG with drug offences. Police from the Logan Major and Organised Crime Squad, Organised Crime Gangs Group, and Logan Tactical Crime Squad executed a search warrant yesterday on a Yarrabilba residence. As a result of the search police located a crystal substance and a […]
Detectives are seeking public assistance to help identify a man who may be able to assist police after a 52-year-old man was assaulted in East Mackay on Saturday morning. Around 6am the man was at his Kippen Street house when he heard a loud bang from the front of his residence. He went outside and […]
Police investigating the alleged unprovoked assault of a woman at a Calamvale shopping centre last week have released CCTV of the incident as part of the investigation. Around 11.55am on Tuesday, March 10 two women exited the Big W store at the Compton Road, Calamvale shopping centre when a man walked up behind them. He […]