Police divers and members of a QFES Swift Water Rescue team are due to arrive at the Archer River search site sometime after 2pm today. It is expected that an assessment of conditions will be made this afternoon and a decision made regarding when to commence the search, taking into account the safety of all personnel […]
Police are investigating after a man died in a traffic crash at South Townsville this morning. Initial investigations indicate around 6am a motorcycle and a utility collided on Benwell Road. The motorcycle rider, a 31-year-old man from Kirwan, was taken to the Townsville Hospital however he died a short time later. The two occupants of […]
A man is to face court following the alleged discovery of alcohol in a dinghy at Palm Island on Sunday. Around 3.20am police observed the dinghy pulled up on a beach and approached it only to find it being pulled back out to sea. The officers waded out after it and were able to reach […]
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE WITH AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE Fifty-nine Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers based at Brisbane Airport will today be appointed as special constables in the Queensland Police Service (QPS). Queensland Police Commissioner Ian Stewart said the officers would continue to perform aviation duties at airports but would also have additional powers aimed at improving […]
Police are appealing for information from the public as they continue to investigate two armed robberies of a hotel at Burpengary in January. On both January 1 and 8 a man, allegedly armed with a firearm, entered a hotel on the Bruce Highway Eastern Service Road and demanded cash from staff. The man left the […]
The Central Region Road Safety Week continues today with a host of activities across the region and a focus on the use of restraints. The ambassador for the week Corporal Ben Roberts-Smith VC MG said that you are ten times more likely to be killed in a road crash if you are not wearing a […]
A 31-year-old man has died following a serious traffic incident in Toowoomba on Sunday. Around 7:45pm a man has run across the path of a truck travelling along James Street. The man was transported to hospital for treatment where he later died as a result of his injuries. Police investigations are continuing. If you have […]
Rockhampton Police have this morning revoked an emergent situation declared under the Public Safety Preservation Act at Kawana last night. The declaration was made at 5.45pm following reports of man making threats at a residence in Scott Street. A man and a woman were taken into custody at the address without incident and the PSPA […]
Police have charged three men with drug related offences after a search warrant was executed at a Como residence on the Sunshine Coast yesterday morning. Officers from the Sunshine Coast District Gang Squad and Tactical Crime Squad attended the Galloways Lane property and allegedly located glassware, chemicals and other equipment believed to have been used […]
Police have declared an emergent situation under the Public Safety Preservation Act at Kawana this evening. The declaration was made at 5.45pm and encompasses an area bounded by Westmoreland, Harden, MaCaulay Streets, Crane Avenue, Richardson Road, Mercer Street and Stenalke Avenue. Police are requesting residents in the area to stay indoors or avoid the streets […]