Detectives are appealing for members of the public to check on their friends and relatives as they work to identify a deceased man found in the Brisbane River yesterday morning (September 20). The man is described as Caucasian, approximately in his late 40s or early 50s, 175cm in height, proportionately built, with short dark hair […]
Update 12.05am September 22, 2021 – the missing man has been located safe and well. The original media release below has been edited to remove identifying details and images. Police hold serious concerns for his welfare as this behaviour is out of character. If you have information for police, contact Policelink by providing information using […]
Miles Police recently swore nine-year-old Christopher Lowe into the Queensland Police Service (QPS) during a ‘cop for a day’ event to fulfil his dream of being a police officer. In June this year, Christopher began radiation treatment in Brisbane for a brain tumour – Grade III Anaplastic Ependymoma, a cancer of the brain and spine. […]
Police investigating the wounding of a 34-year-old woman at Kirra in the early hours of this morning have charged a man. Around 5.20am, the woman was walking on the beach side of Marine Parade. When near the intersection with Powell Crescent, an unknown man allegedly walked up to the woman and attempted grab her. The […]
On Friday (September 17) a dedicated team of Rockhampton detectives closed operation ‘Tango Negative’, a seven-month investigation into the supply of dangerous drugs in the Rockhampton and Yeppoon area. This operation resulted in eight arrests and investigators seized a total of 1.3 kilograms of methylamphetamine, $25,000 cash, two vehicles (as proceeds of crime), two handguns […]
Police are investigating after a man’s body was located around 7.30am today in the Brisbane River at Kangaroo Point. The man is described as Caucasian, approximately late 40s-50s, 175cm tall with a proportionate build and short dark hair with a grey tinge. He was clean shaven and without tattoos or jewellery. Detectives are progressing […]
Assistant Commissioner Ben Marcus and Acting Superintendent Scott MacQueen today launched a new campaign aimed at reducing non-urgent calls to Triple Zero (000). From September 2020 to August 2021, only 13.67 per cent of calls made to Triple Zero (000) were classified as urgent or very urgent with the majority able to be dealt with […]
Police are appealing for assistance to identify two men wanted in relation to several property and fraud offences across Brisbane last week. At around 11.45pm on Tuesday September 14 the man in the yellow hoodie (pictured), attended a Wynnum service station on the corner of Edith Street and Tingal Road in a stolen blue ford […]
A 20-year-old man is in police custody after the wounding of a 34-year-old woman at Kirra in the early hours of this morning. Around 5.20am the woman was walking on the beach side when near the intersection of Marine Parade and Powell Crescent an unknown man has walked up to the woman and attempted to […]
Detectives have released additional details of events leading to the alleged murder of a 25-year-old Browns Plains man on Friday, September 17 to identify further witnesses and obtain dashcam footage. Police will allege the cars involved were a white Audi S3 and a silver blue Toyota Camry (pictured), travelling between Brisbane north and Logan. The […]