Police are seeking witnesses to an armed robbery at Oxley early yesterday morning. Around 2.10am on Thursday, December 23, a man entered a licensed venue on Ipswich Road, Oxley. The man threatened a male staff member with what appeared to be a silver handgun, and demanded cash. The offender stole a backpack containing personal items […]
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Police are appealing for information to assist with an ongoing investigation into an unprovoked assault of a teenage boy at a Maroochydore bus stop in September. About 7.20am on September 16, a 13-year-old boy was waiting at a stop on Horton Parade when an unknown man approached him and without warning punched him multiple times […]
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Christmas truly is a wonderful time of the year. It is the time we head out to end-of-year parties with colleagues, share stories around a barbecue with our mates and most importantly, spend time with our families and those we love. It is a time of the year when many of us use our vast […]
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Police are urging motorists to make safe decisions behind the wheel ahead of the Christmas long weekend, as Highway Patrol officers stop hundreds of dangerous drivers in their tracks. Acting Chief Superintendent Ray Rohweder said high-volume covert and overt road safety enforcement activities would continue throughout the Christmas break in the hope all Queensland drivers […]
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Last week, Deputy Commissioner Tracy Linford attended the annual Queensland Police Service (QPS) Commissioner’s Christmas Committee gift drive to donate gifts to the Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs. The gift drive has increased in size from 1,700 gifts in 2020 to an incredible 2,653 donated gifts this year, all of which were […]
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Police and the Forensic Crash Unit are appealing for witnesses and dashcam vision following a serious two-vehicle crash on the Bruce Highway, south of Marlborough on Sunday night (December 19). Initial investigations indicate just before 8pm two vehicles, a red 2016 Mazda CX-5 travelling north on the highway, and a grey 2010 Toyota Kluger travelling […]
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UPDATE: The missing girl has been found safe and well. The previous statement below has been edited to hide and identifying elements. Police are asking for public assistance to help find a 15-year-old girl missing from the Gympie area. Police and family have concerns for her welfare as this behaviour is out of character. Police […]
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Forensic Crash Unit officers are appealing for witnesses and dashcam vision after a man suffered critical injuries in a traffic crash on the Bruce Highway 35klm south of Rockhampton yesterday afternoon. Around 1.30pm a blue 2019 Ford F150 dual cab utility was travelling south on the Bruce Highway near Bajool, when it crossed into the […]
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Detectives from the Sunshine Coast’s Drug and Serious Crime Taskforce have closed a 12-month operation targeting the trafficking of dangerous drugs by organised crime groups including members associated with the Rebels Outlaw Motorcycle Gang, resulting in the arrest of 18 people on 55 charges. The operation, involving detectives from the Sunshine Coast and specialists from […]
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Civilians and police officers working side by side in an operational environment – while commonplace nowadays within the Queensland Police Service (QPS), this has not always been the case. In 1996, a decision was made to train and include civilian staff members in our Communications centres, where their roles included answering emergency calls and dispatching […]
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