Police are investigating a serious traffic crash at Boonah yesterday where a toddler was struck by a vehicle. Preliminary information suggests a ute was travelling along Church Street when a 2-year-old boy was struck after walking onto the roadway around 4.05pm. The boy was airlifted to Queensland Children’s Hospital in a critical condition. The male […]
The Queensland Police Service (QPS) is committed to protecting and supporting victims of domestic and family violence and holding perpetrators to account, and today is proud to be formally re-accredited as a White Ribbon Australia Workplace. This accreditation process, finalised in October, represents recognition of the significant amount of work being carried out across the state […]
Detectives from Tablelands Criminal Investigation Branch have charged a man with murder following the death of a 35-year-old man at Watsonville yesterday (November 23). Police were called to a West Bischoff Road address at around 3.50pm after a man was allegedly shot once in the chest following a disturbance with a second man. Officers located […]
Detectives from Mount Isa District Child Protection and Investigation Unit and Criminal Investigation Branch investigating the death of a 16-year-old boy in Doomadgee yesterday (November 23) have charged a teenage girl with murder. It will be alleged an altercation occurred between the two teens during which time the boy was stabbed at a Roberts Street […]
Police are investigating a motorcycle crash that took the life of a 26-year-old man in Bray Park at around 12.30 this morning (November 24). Early information indicates the 26-year-old was travelling Eastbound on Samsonvale Road when the motorcycle he was riding lost control near the intersection with Lavarack Road. Police will allege the motorcycle he […]
Police are investigating a traffic crash at Buderim yesterday afternoon in which two people died. Early investigations indicate a black Mazda sedan was travelling west on Lindsay Road when, shortly after 5.30pm, it left the road and collided with a tree. The driver, a 21-year-old Buderim man and his 19-year-old Narangba passenger died at the […]
Police are investigating the suspicious death of a 35-year-old man at Watsonville this afternoon. Police were called to a West Bischoff Mill Road address at 3.52pm following a disturbance where a man was shot. One man is in custody and a crime scene has been declared. The two men are known to each other. There […]
Police have closed a 10-month drug operation targeting the supply and distribution of cocaine, methamphetamines, MDMA and cannabis across Brisbane’s bayside. Operation Tango Citron targeted drug networks linked to the Comancheros Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (OMCG) with police arresting 42 people on 428 charges, including trafficking in dangerous drugs serious and organised crime and trafficking in […]
Police Minister Mark Ryan joined Commissioner Katarina Carroll and Queensland Police Union President, Ian Leavers, at the launch of a new Queensland Police Service (QPS) recruiting campaign – You’re Made For It. The campaign aims to help people identify that their personal value, derived from life, growth and career experience, has shaped them in a way […]
The Queensland Police Service today confirms the death of a serving police dog. Police Dog Bert, attached to Brisbane Dog Squad, succumbed to cancer over the weekend. Bert commenced his career in 2013 with the NSW Police Dog Squad where he completed a basic human remains detection course. He later transferred to Brisbane where he […]