Criminals are constantly trying to find new ways to trick us out of our money. Police have become aware of scammers exploiting legitimate United States customer support numbers, with scammers registering phone numbers imitating legitimate American 1800 numbers including that of television streaming and computer support services. This scamming technique was also reported in 2020 […]
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Each individual Queensland police officer will have their own new integrated load bearing vest under a process to start before the end of the year. The Queensland Police Service (QPS) will start acquiring 12,200 new integrated load bearing vests from December 2021. These new vests will largely replace the existing 4750 ballistic plates and vests […]
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Detectives investigating an armed robbery in Chermside have released vision of a man who may be able to assist with their inquiries. Between 2.15 and 2.30pm on June 24, the man attended a Gympie Road business and was given a test ride of an Inokim Quick e-scooter. In nearby Burnie Brae Park, the man produced […]
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Police are appealing for assistance to locate a driver who fled from a serious traffic crash in Mount Isa overnight. Just before 2am, police observed a Toyota RAV4 around the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Topaz Street. Police conducted a u-turn to intercept the vehicle, however lost sight of it. They noticed the four-wheel-drive crashed […]
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Two men have been charged overnight as part of an ongoing drug operation in Rockhampton. Operation Tango Negative commenced six months ago and resulted in the search of a Serengeti Street property at Yeppoon yesterday. Officers located more than a kilogram of methylamphetamine, a handgun, around $2,000 cash, other weapons and drug-related equipment. Two men […]
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You hear and see things about missing people pretty frequently, but it can be hard to see those people as anything more than a picture on the screen when you don’t know how they got there or why they are missing. This National Missing Persons Week, we thought we’d shed some light on the processes, […]
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The Longreach Major and Organised Crime Squad – Rural (MOCS Rural) is investigating the shooting deaths of more than 35 horses at Longreach. Initial investigations indicate the horses, who were on a large rural property on Cramsie Muttaburra Road, were killed sometime between Tuesday, August 3 and Wednesday, August 4. The horses included geldings; colts; […]
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Police are investigating after a motorcyclist died following a crash in Beaudesert earlier this evening (August 5). At 6.15pm, a motorbike and a sedan collided while travelling in opposite directions on Beaudesert-Boonah Road near Upper Allan Creek Road in Bromelton. The rider of the motorcycle, a 59-year-old Birnam man, was pronounced deceased at the scene. […]
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An 85-year-old man has died following a single vehicle traffic crash in Basalt this afternoon. At 1.20pm, police and emergency services attended the intersection of Gregory Development Road and Hervey Range Road in response to the crash. It is believed the vehicle veered off the road before colliding with trees. The driver, an 85-year-old Greenvale […]
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Police have executed seven search warrants across the Gold Coast this morning targeting an organised crime syndicate with outlaw motorcycle gang links. Detectives from the Organised Crime Gangs Group and Maxima, with assistance of the Gold Coast Criminal Investigation Branch and Australian Federal Police, attended multiple properties across the Gold Coast including Palm Beach, Miami, […]
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