The Queensland Police Service is delighted to announce six-year-old Brisbane boy, Travis Heery, who is battling a terminal illness, has been sworn into the Service as an honorary junior police officer. Little Travis has always wanted to be a police officer. Unfortunately, in his final weeks of Prep, he was diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine […]
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Police have charged a man following the alleged theft of a taxi on the Gold Coast. Around 2am, the 23-year-old taxi driver attended the Gold Coast University Hospital where two men entered the vehicle and agreed to share a fare to separate Hinterland addresses. As the taxi arrived at a licensed premises one of the […]
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Water Police are appealing for public assistance to identify the owner of a kayak sighted this afternoon in Moreton Bay. Around 3.15pm, a small inflatable grey and yellow kayak was sighted by a member of the public approximately six nautical miles east of Drury Point, Scarborough. Water Police conducted a search of the waters however […]
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A 36-year-old Sunshine Coast man has died following a fatal shark bite off Fraser Island. The man was spearfishing in the waters off Indian Head when he was bitten by a shark. A doctor and nurse provided first aid to the man on the shore, prior to paramedics attending the scene. The man sustained injuries […]
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Police are investigating the attempted armed robbery of a man in Kirwan early this morning. It will be alleged around 5am a 70-year-old man was walking back to his car after withdrawing cash from an ATM on Thuringowa Drive when he was confronted by two boys, who stood at either side of the vehicle and […]
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Police have charged a man after the alleged armed robbery of a pharmacy in Maroochydore last night. Around 6pm it will be alleged the man attended the Aerodrome Road business armed with a replica shotgun and threatened staff. They complied and the man fled with a sum of money towards the CBD. He was located […]
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Gold Coast detectives have charged two men aged 38 and 41 years old in relation to a large quantity of suspected stolen property valued in excess of $100,000 located at a residence at Alberton. A search warrant was executed on a Rotary Park Road address on Wednesday, where it is alleged police located a large […]
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The online portal enabling members of the public to apply for the Queensland Border Declaration Pass is now live. The completed declaration is a requirement for everyone including Queensland residents who are returning to Queensland as of midday on Friday, July 3. State Disaster Coordinator Deputy Commissioner Steve Gollschewski said previous border entry passes into […]
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Logan police have charged a 16-year-old Slacks Creek boy with multiple burglary and driving offences after investigating a string of alleged break-and-enters on homes across south east Queensland. Police will allege between June 6 and June 30 the boy entered, or attempted to enter, multiple residences in suburbs including Ormeau Hills, Stretton, Parkinson, Springwood, Morningside, […]
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A Townsville officer has intercepted a 30-year-old Mosman Park man after he was allegedly detected travelling 42km/h over the signed speed limit. The man was driving on Woodstock Giru Road in Majors Creek when the officer allegedly detected him to be travelling at 142km/h in a 100km/h zone while towing a boat. The driver was […]
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