Police will perform high visibility patrols along the Cairns Esplanade and CBD as part of a new concentrated operation to deter and detect criminal activity in the area. Minister for Police Mark Ryan joined Deputy Commissioner Paul Taylor to launch the six-month trial operation in Cairns today. This proactive approach will target all types of […]
Police have fined a man over $17,000 after seizing helmet cam vision which allegedly showed him performing high risk stunts on a motorbike, including wheel stands at more than 200 kilometres per hour. Officers from the Sunshine Coast Road Policing Unit intercepted the 27-year-old on a BMW motorcycle at Maroochydore on March 23 after he […]
Police Minister Mark Ryan and Member for Cairns Michael Healy joined Deputy Commissioner Paul Taylor to announce a significant new frontline facility for the Far North Police District today. As part of the joint announcement, the location of the new West Cairns Police Facility was announced along with indicative images of the project’s design. Minister […]
Detectives have released vision of a robbery of a convenience store at Forest Lake in December. A man entered the Joseph Banks Avenue store at 7.20pm on Friday December 4 and threatened the staff member with sawn off shot gun. He demanded money and after the staff member complied, fled from the store. He was […]