Police are investigating after a helicopter recently crashed in North Queensland. Around 11.30am the aircraft wreckage was found in a creek bed, just off Pretty Plains Camden Park Road west of Hughenden. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority deployed assets after an R22 helicopter failed to reach its destination overnight. The AMSA Challenger Jet was called […]
Police have revoked an emergency declaration under the Public Safety Preservation Act (PSPA) following an incident in Valkyrie on February 10. The PSPA was revoked at 4.45pm yesterday (February 11) with all roads re-opened by 6.35pm. Police would like to thank the community for their assistance and understanding. Earlier: Police have issued an emergency declaration […]
Police have issued a further appeal to locate the occupants of two cars who may be able to assist with inquiries into an incident in Loganholme on Monday (February 8). The two cars (pictured below), a white Mitsubishi Triton and a blue Hyundai hatch, were travelling northbound on Drews Road toward Jalan Street between 9:08am […]
A 23-year-old woman will appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court today for her involvement in sexual servitude offences in 2019. As a result of ongoing investigations by the Crime and Intelligence Command’s Prostitution Enforcement Taskforce, the woman was issued with a Notice to appear for: • Conducting a business involving servitude under the Commonwealth Criminal […]
Police have charged a woman following investigations into a fatal crash at Arriga near Mareeba on February 8. It will be alleged around 4.30pm, the woman was driving a silver Holden Jackaroo station wagon eastbound on Mareeba Dimbulah Road near Tyrconnell Road when she lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle left the road and […]
Police are undertaking a search for a man missing after failing to return from a fishing trip in the Hinchinbrook Island area. The 69-year-old went fishing around 3pm in Gayundah Creek and was expected back an hour later. The man’s wife contacted police when he failed to return and was unable to be reached via […]