Update: LOCATED – Missing boy, Southport

The 14-year-old boy, reported missing from Southport on Tuesday April 30, has been located safe and well. Police would like to thank the media and the public for their assistance. If you have information for police, contact Policelink by providing information using the online suspicious activity form 24hrs per day at www.police.qld.gov.au/reporting.Report crime information anonymously […]

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Police charge woman with significant fraud, Hughenden

A 56-year-old Prairie woman has today been charged with 67 fraud related charges stemming from a claim to the Queensland Government’s Drought Relief Assistance Scheme. After a lengthy investigation by investigators from the Major and Organised Crime Squad Rural (Charters Towers), the woman was charged today at Hughenden with one count of fraud, two counts […]

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Police issue urgent warning following QPS phone number used in scam

Detectives from the State Crime Command’s Financial and Cyber Crime Group have issued a warning to Queensland residents about a scam using a Queensland Police Service phone number to legitimise a government or Australian Taxation Office (ATO) impersonation scam. In this instance the criminals are using a practice known as caller ID spoofing where they […]

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