Police have charged a man following the theft of jewellery from two Logan shopping centres. It will be alleged that on December 29, a man entered a jewellery store at a Browns Plains shopping centre on Browns Plains Road and stole a gold necklace valued at $4,000, before fleeing through the car park to a […]
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Police are investigating after a man robbed a hotel at Meadowbrook this afternoon. Around midday today, the man walked into the drive-through section of a hotel on Logan Down Drive. When approached by a staff member, the man produced a knife and demanded money. The man then left the scene with a sum of cash. […]
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A man has died and another is in a critical condition after suffering an adverse reaction from an as-yet unidentified substance in Mount Lindsay. Police were called to a large party at an address on a property south of Hardgrave Road around 10.20am. It appears there were upwards of 100 people at the party, with […]
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Police attached to Taskforce Latro from the Logan District Criminal Investigation Branch have executed several search warrants in relation to a series of burglary offences committed in the Daisy Hill and Underwood areas in late December. As a result, three juveniles were arrested and charged with various offences including burglary. Investigations into the other burglaries […]
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New Year’s revellers have been kept in check with police continuing to target drink and drug drivers as part of the Festive Break phase of the Christmas Road Safety Campaign. Officers conducted more than 9,500 RBTs (Random Breath Tests) on day 9 of Festive Break and charged 73 drink drivers leading up to the end […]
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Police have charged a 14-year-old boy after a four-wheel-drive vehicle crashed into a house at Currumbin Waters on December 27. Around 11.30pm a driver lost control of a four-wheel-drive and ran into a fence before flipping down an embankment and crashing into a house in Keegan Circuit. All of the occupants of the vehicle, who […]
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Update: 11am 01/01/2017 The 13-year-old girl reported missing from Riverview has been located safe and well. Police would like to thank the media and the public for their assistance. The original media release (below) has been edited to remove identifying particulars. Original release – published on 31/12/2016 Police are appealing for public assistance to help […]
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The Queensland Police Service today announced the preliminary road toll for 2016 was 250 fatalities, seven more than in 2015. Commissioner Ian Stewart said while 2016’s road toll was slightly lower than the previous five-year average of 257, it was still far too high. “Every one of these lives lost on our roads represents a […]
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Police have praised the behaviour of Queensland’s New Year revellers, with crowd numbers roughly the same or slightly down on last year, while arrests were also down. There were 411 arrests across the state last night, mostly for public order and drug-related offences – 125 fewer than last year. A total of 186 street and […]
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Two men have been charged after an alleged disturbance that resulted in two taxi drivers and one taxi marshal being assaulted in Fortitude Valley this morning. It will be alleged around 3:15am today (January 1) at a taxi rank on Ann Street, two men approached a 71-year-old taxi marshal grabbed his torch, pulled him into […]
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