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 […]
A man has died after a single vehicle traffic crash on the Leichardt Highway, 15-kilometres north of the township of Taroom, this afternoon (July 20). Preliminary inquiries suggest just after 2pm the road-train the man was driving has left the carriageway for an unknown reason and rolled. Sadly, the man died at the scene. There […]
Logan police have charged a 44-year-old Cedar Grove man with multiple drug and firearm offences. Around 9.30pm on Saturday July 18, police observed a white Toyota Landcruiser utility vehicle parked in a service station on Cerina Circuit, Jimboomba. After speaking with the man police searched the vehicle where they allegedly located a loaded shotgun fitted […]
In an ongoing operation to identify and disrupt outlaw motorcycle gangs (OMCG) from consorting, officers from the State Crime Command’s Taskforce Maxima, Organised Crime Gangs Group, have charged a 34-year-old and 31-year-old man in Brisbane with consorting and drug offences. During proactive policing activities of licensed premises, officers from Taskforce Maxima attended a Brisbane, James […]
Police have charged a further 10 people in relation to 52 drug related offences as part of a protracted operation targeting the supply and distribution of methylamphetamine (ice) across South East Queensland. On Wednesday, Detectives from the Drug and Serious Crime Group, assisted by investigators from the Goondiwindi, Stanthorpe and Warwick CIB offices, executed a […]
A 46-year-old male senior constable from Northern 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 an investigation into unprofessional conduct concerning a female juvenile while off-duty. Investigations have been completed and the allegations have been unsubstantiated. […]
Gold Coast detectives have charged two men in relation to the armed robbery of a store in Robina on July 13. It is alleged around 9.20am a man entered the store on Robina Town Centre Drive and approached a 35-year-old male employee with an unknown weapon wrapped in a piece of clothing. It is alleged […]
Police are investigating the armed robbery of a convenience store at Rochedale yesterday afternoon. Around 2.15pm two males wearing masks and armed with a knife and a hammer entered the Belmore Drive business and jumped the counter. The males threatened the 21-year-old store employee and made demands for money from the till. The males obtained […]