Police have charged 18 people with a total of 94 drug, weapon and other offences after executing a number of search warrants in Queensland’s west this week. As part of Operation Sierra Shard, a 12-month investigation targeting drug supply, distribution and usage across the region, officers from the South West District’s Criminal Investigation Branch and […]
Two juveniles have been arrested this morning and are assisting police with their inquiries into multiple incidents on Sunday night and Monday morning where people in stolen cars rammed police cars and threw projectiles at police cars. A 26-year-old man has been charged with one count each of entering a premises to commit an indictable […]
Police are investigating two incidents involving people in a stolen car targeting police vehicles in Vincent overnight. Around 11.35pm, a marked police car was patrolling in Palmerston Street when a dark blue Nissan Navara utility drove at the police car before someone in the Nissan threw a rock, shattering the windscreen and spraying the officer […]
The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating the death of a truck driver after a multi-vehicle collision at Bald Hills this morning. Police were called to crash, at the intersection of the Gympie Arterial Road and Linkfield Road, at 7:13am. Five vehicles were involved, with preliminary investigations indicating a semi-trailer and a flatbed truck collided before […]
Gold Coast Detectives have charged a man with multiple offences after allegedly seizing more than $450,000 cash and a significant quantity of drugs yesterday (September 7). Around 9am police executed a search at an Enerley Avenue residence where they allegedly located a quantity of drugs including methylamphetamine, GBL and Buprenorphine, as well as numerous stolen […]
Far North police conducting targeted patrols on roadwork affected arterial roads have intercepted more than 70 motorists whose behaviour behind the wheel put other road users at risk. The patrols, part of a four-day crackdown, saw Mareeba road policing officers capture 71 motorists speeding and three overtaking when unsafe to do so through reduced speed […]
Detectives have charged a 43-year-old Upper Mount Gravatt man with murder following investigations into the death of a woman at Upper Mount Gravatt last night (September 6). Police will allege the 45-year-old Wynnum woman was fatally wounded at a private residence on Wishart Road just before 8pm. Following investigations led by detectives from the Upper […]
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was struck by a car in Kippa Ring yesterday morning (September 6). Preliminary information suggests at around 1.10am a vehicle believed to be a white Ford Falcon XR6 (pictured below, with similar vehicle) was travelling westbound on Klingner Road when it hit a 25-year-old Northgate man between […]
Logan Police have today launched a new program, designed to equip motorcycle riders with integral skills and know-how to stay safe on their rides. How to keep it up-right has been organised and structured by Jimboomba officers following a significant number of motorcycle fatalities on their local and surrounding Logan roads in the past year. […]
Detectives from the Drug and Serious Crime Group, Crime and Intelligence Command have charged a man with firearm and drug offences after the closure of an operation investigating the alleged distribution of dangerous drugs linked to a Gold Coast licensed brothel. Operation Tango Quartz closed today after a total of 12 search warrants were executed […]