Townsville police have started 2021 launching multiple operations to target repeat offenders and drive down crime in the District. Operation Tango Pheasant, which began on January 1, is focusing on property crimes such as car theft, burglary, robbery and stealing from home and cars. Since January 1, 34 people have been charged with 169 offences […]
Police across the Fraser Coast will be conducting a weekend operation in the lead up to Australia Day targeting property crime, anti-social behaviour, drink and drug driving and traffic offences. The weekend operation is part of the wider and on-going Operation Sledgehammer which commenced at Hervey Bay on January 18 and will continue until the […]
Police have arrested two people after allegedly uncovering dangerous drugs, weapons and cash during a vehicle interception in Mackay yesterday. Around 1.30pm police were conducting patrols when they intercepted a vehicle on Amiet Street in South Mackay. Upon speaking with the driver, the officers conducted a search of the vehicle where they allegedly located a […]
Police are investigating a fatal traffic crash involving a four-wheel drive towing a caravan north of Childers this morning. Preliminary information suggests the vehicle and caravan were travelling northbound on the Bruce Highway when the driver lost control, crashing into a tree at Booyal around 11.20am. The male driver and sole occupant of the vehicle […]
Police are appealing for footage of an alleged dangerous driving incident resulting in a crash at Acacia Ridge yesterday. Around 11am, police observed the blue ute driving along Learoyd Road at Willawong and attempted to intercept it. The ute allegedly evaded police by speeding away and driving dangerously. It then crashed into a dark-coloured Ford […]
Gold Coast police have charged a 41-year-old man with multiple offences after investigating numerous break-and-enters in suburbs across south east Queensland. Detectives yesterday executed a search warrant at an Ogilvie Crescent address where the man was taken into custody without incident. It will be alleged between September 23 2020 and January 13 2021, the man […]
Update: Missing man, Robert Weber, was located this morning (Sunday January 24) near a dam around 9am by a property owner. Initial indications are Mr Weber’s car had become bogged on a road he was unfamiliar with. He remained at his car with his dog for three days before running out of water. He left […]
Police have issued infringement notices to three men following investigations into an incident at a Flinders Street hotel in Townsville on January 16. The incident occurred around 12.40am, when police were called to a disturbance in the Townsville Safe Night Precinct. A 56-year-old man was transported to Townsville University Hospital for treatment and two men, […]
Police are investigating a crash that sadly claimed the life of a 16-year-old boy overnight, near Yeppoon. Initial investigations indicate the silver Ford Falcon sedan was travelling south on Appleton Drive near the Fig Tree Creek Bridge shortly after midnight, before it left the road and rolled. The 16-year-old Taranganba boy was thrown from the […]
Update 1 3.50pm January 22: Police now believe the incident occurred between 6.30pm and 8pm. Detectives are requesting anyone with information or dash cam footage from around the Glen Road, Reuben Blvd area at Logan Reserve between these times to contact police. Issued January 21: Police are investigating a serious assault incident which occurred in […]