Today the Queensland Police Service Academy, Oxley campus saw 46 recruits graduate in an induction ceremony attended by Commissioner Ian Stewart. Graduating as First Year Constables (FYC), the 46 recruits completed the 25 week Recruit Training Program. The program aims to provide recruits with a quality foundation so that they can provide excellent service […]
Police are issuing a strong warning to businesses following a serious hacking and ransom attack on an international company based in Brisbane in recent months. Earlier this year, the organisation’s computer system was hacked and data pertaining to sensitive operations involving the company and their business was stolen. The hackers demanded a ransom be paid […]
Police have charged a man with a number of offences after he was allegedly located with a loaded firearm and a loaded pen gun in Surfers Paradise last night. Around 9pm police observed two suspicious vehicles in Hanlan Street. The officers went to intercept the vehicles and one allegedly drove off at speed. Police followed […]
A 20-year-old Weipa man injured in a single vehicle traffic crash at Napranum on May 31 passed away yesterday in Townsville General Hospital Initial investigations indicate a vehicle was travelling south on Preng-Im Street around 12md on Sunday when it failed to negotiate a corner, colliding with a power pole before rolling a number of […]
Police have charged a man following investigations into an alleged armed robbery of a Kingston bottle shop on May 14. It will be alleged that around 5.45pm the man entered the Juers Street business threatened a female staff member with a pencil and fled with premises with a sum of cash. A 43-year-old man has […]
Police are appealing for witnesses in relation to a serious traffic crash in Parkwood yesterday. Initial investigations suggest that just before 8pm a vehicle travelling north on Olsen Avenue collided with another vehicle at the intersection of Wintergreen Drive, Parkwood. A 42-year-old woman was transported to the Gold Coast University Hospital with serious injuries. The […]
The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating a fatal traffic crash on Old Gympie Road, Burpengary Initial investigations suggest that just around 5.48pm a car struck a power pole. A 74-year-old female passenger was pronounced deceased at the scene. The male driver, believed to be in his eighties, was transported to the Royal Brisbane Hospital with […]
Police have charged a man and a woman following investigations into a number of property offences across the Gympie and Sunshine Coast areas over the weekend. Detectives from Gympie and Noosa Heads executed search warrants at properties in Tewantin and Carters Ridge yesterday where they allegedly located a significant amount suspected stolen property and a […]
Detectives investigating an arson of a commercial premises at Salisbury yesterday believe a vehicle stolen from West End last Friday was also set alight by the same offenders involved in building arson. The vehicle was parked at the rear of the building and it is believed it was set alight some time before 1.30am yesterday […]
Police have charged two other boys following to alleged break and enters in the Pine Rivers area and a traffic crash at Geebung on May 31. A 15-year-old Carseldine boy has been charged with two counts of dangerous operation of a vehicle, two counts of dangerous operation of a vehicle causing grievous bodily harm, one […]