Blog

Vision: Police launch road safety operation for winter break

Queensland Police ServiceBy Australian Crime News23/06/2017Leave a comment

Police have released vision relating to the commencement of Operation Cold Snap. https://d2haxmvzil2swt.cloudfront.net/uploads/2017/06/23/151838_ColdSnap.mp4 Download Video 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 via Crime Stoppers. Call 1800 333 000 or report online at www.crimestoppersqld.com.au.

Details

Fatal traffic incident, Coomera

Queensland Police ServiceBy Australian Crime News23/06/2017Leave a comment

The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating after a man was struck by a four-wheel-drive at Coomera this morning. Preliminary information suggests around 11.50am the 64-year-old man was unhitching a caravan from the back of a four-wheel-drive when the vehicle began to roll forward. As the man attempted to stop the vehicle rolling away he was […]

Details

Armed robbery, North Ipswich

Queensland Police ServiceBy Australian Crime News23/06/2017Leave a comment

Detectives are investigating after a newsagency was robbed this morning at North Ipswich. Around 6.50am a man has attended at the Pine Mountain Road business and threatened a female staff member with a knife. The man left the store with a sum of cash. The man fled in a black vehicle with no registration plates […]

Details

Police launch road safety operation for winter break

Queensland Police ServiceBy Australian Crime News23/06/2017Leave a comment

Drivers distracted by mobile phones will be the key target with police today launching a state-wide traffic operation to coincide with the winter school holidays. QPS’ Road Policing Command launched the three-week campaign, Operation Cold Snap 2017, as hundreds of thousands of students finish their last day of school for the semester. The operation will […]

Details

Fatal traffic crash, Willowbank

Queensland Police ServiceBy Australian Crime News23/06/2017Leave a comment

Forensic Crash Unit officers are investigating a traffic crash in Willowbank this morning. Initial inquires indicate at 6.51am a 4WD has turned right from Coopers Road into the path of a truck which was headed south on the Cunningham Highway. A woman in her twenties who was a passenger in the 4WD, died at the […]

Details

Armed Robbery, Morningside

Queensland Police ServiceBy Australian Crime News23/06/2017Leave a comment

Police are investigating the robbery of a convenience store in Morningside on May 13. Preliminary information indicates that around 5pm a man entered a convenience store on Thynne Road and claimed he had a knife then demanded a sum of cash from a female attendant. The man then left the store appearing to be suffering […]

Details

Update: Manslaughter charge following fatal traffic crash at Burbank in 2016

Queensland Police ServiceBy Australian Crime News22/06/2017Leave a comment

Officers from the Forensic Crash Unit investigating a traffic crash which claimed the life of an 80-year-old Thornlands man on May 21, 2016 at Burbank have charged a man with manslaughter. The 32-year-old Moorooka man, allegedly driving the truck at the time of the incident, is scheduled to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court tomorrow, […]

Details

Bike Squad officers take a hike for the kids

Queensland Police ServiceBy Australian Crime News22/06/2017Leave a comment

Come July, eight Bike Squad officers; four from Brisbane City and four Fortitude Valley, will be swapping their work boots for a pair of hiking boots as they take on the Kokoda Challenge on the Gold Coast. Armed with just a small backpack each and supported by a crew of family and friends at checkpoints […]

Details

UPDATE: Theft from ATM, Bray Park

Queensland Police ServiceBy Australian Crime News22/06/2017Leave a comment

Police investigating the theft of money from an ATM at Bray Park this morning have released CCTV of a person who may be able to assist with their inquiries. At around 1.15am, a person has broken into a shopping centre on Kensington Way and gained access to the ATM. The person left the scene on […]

Details

Taskforce Maxima, Mongols OMCG associate arrested for drug offences

Queensland Police ServiceBy Australian Crime News22/06/2017Leave a comment

Detectives have located a significant amount of performance and image enhancing drugs at a Gold Coast address as part of ongoing investigations into criminal offences by members of Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (OMCG) yesterday. On June 21, a search warrant was executed by the detectives from Taskforce Maxima Tactical, Organised Crime Gangs Group, State Crime Command, […]

Details