Police have arrested 125 people on almost 500 charges as part of an operation targeting recidivist offenders across Townsville over the school holidays. Officers arrested 102 adults and 23 juveniles in Townsville during Operation Sierra Silhouette which launched on Saturday, September 19. A combined total of 478 charges were laid for a range of offences […]
Investigators from the Organised Crime Gangs Group have charged an alleged prospect of the Mongols Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (OMCG) with drug and weapon offences following the execution of a search warrant at a Browns Plains residence on Friday. During the search of the residence on October 2, police located and seized 1.3 kilograms of methylamphetamine, […]
A 22-year-old Sunset man has been charged with grievous bodily harm following a serious assault at a Mount Isa hotel in September. On Friday, September 4 just after 11pm a group of people at the Marian Street venue were involved in a physical altercation. A 24-year-old man was allegedly punched in the head multiple times […]
On Friday, October 2, Commissioner Katarina Carroll welcomed six new Senior Protective Security Officers (SPSO) into the Queensland Police Service (QPS). The officers, who celebrated at a socially distanced ceremony at Fred Clay Park on Palm Island, will now start their careers as SPSOs for and within Palm Island. They are the first Indigenous group […]
Detectives are appealing for the public’s help after an incident at Mundubbera on Sunday night where a man was attacked. Around 8.45pm the 18-year-old man left a Lyons Street licensed premises, continuing on Leichardt Street towards Bauer Street when he was approached by an unknown male and struck in the face. The man was knocked […]
A 16-year-old boy has died following a single vehicle traffic crash at Cecil Plains last night. Preliminary investigations indicate around 10.30pm (October 5), a vehicle was travelling north on Dalby Cecil Plains Road when it has left the roadway and rolled several times. The boy sadly died at the scene. The other occupants of the […]
A 90-year-old woman who sustained critical injuries in a two vehicle traffic crash at Lake Macdonald last night has passed away in hospital. Initial investigations indicate a black station wagon and a silver Landcruiser were travelling in opposite directions along Cooroy Noosa Road on October 4 when they collided head-on at around 7.15pm. The 16-year-old […]
Five men have been charged following the alleged armed assault of a man in Acacia Ridge yesterday afternoon (October 4). It will be alleged a 21-year-old man entered his car to leave sporting fields on Mortimer Road around 4.20pm when he was approached by a group of men. The man exited his vehicle and walked […]
A search is underway to locate a man missing from the Mount Coot-tha area since yesterday (October 4). Investigations indicate the man (pictured) left his North Brisbane address early yesterday and drove in the direction of Mount Coot-tha where it is understood he regularly takes a morning walk. His vehicle was located yesterday afternoon around […]
A man has died after a single motorcycle crash in Maroon today. Investigations indicate the 40-year-old Beaudesert man was travelling along Baroona Rathdowney Road when his motorcycle has left the roadway and crashed into a tree, just after 9am. Police and emergency services attended and provided first aid to the man who sadly passed away […]