The official week of schoolies 2016 concluded this morning with thousands of school leavers enjoying a final night of organised activities in Surfers Paradise. Overnight there were no major incidents with only eight schoolies arrested on eight offences which were mainly street and drug offences. There were also 15 non-schoolies arrested on 20 offences including […]
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Update November 26, 2016 at 7.40am: A 71-year-old man reported missing in Malanda overnight has this morning been located safe and well. Police would like to pass on their sincerest thanks to the members of the local community and SES who assisted with the search. ***Note the original media release (below) has been edited to […]
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Police are investigating the armed robbery of a convenience store at North Lakes last night. Preliminary information suggests around 9.55pm, a man with his face covered, has entered the business on College Road armed with a firearm and demanded money from the male employee. The man has then taken an unknown quantity of cash before […]
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Police are appealing for information from the public following investigations into the serious assault of a woman at Petrie last night. Around 8.30pm a 24-year-old woman was located on Boona Street with serious injuries. The 24-year-old was treated by paramedics and taken to hospital. Due to the extent of the woman’s injuries police have not […]
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Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred in Bracken Ridge last night. Around 10.13pm, two men with their faces covered, entered through the rear of a pizza shop on Gawain Road armed with a firearm and knife. Once inside they forced the employees to the ground. The men then stole an unknown quantity of […]
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Police have charged a man following alleged robbery and vehicle offences at Ipswich today. It will be alleged about 11am a man attended a Roadvale-Harrisville Road Milora residence and threatened three people with a firearm and demanded keys to a vehicle. The people complied and the man left in a Subaru. The people are believed […]
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A 31 year old Constable from Road Policing Command has been suspended from official duty with the Queensland Police Service. The officer was convicted in the Roma District Court on 24 November 2016 on one count of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and one count of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle […]
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Emergency services are currently at the scene of an aviation crash at an airfield on Yeppoon Road, north of Rockhampton. Initial inquires indicate the ultralight plane had taken off about 1pm and at 3.20pm authorities notified it was overdue. Shortly after another plane has observed the wreckage about 1km from the runway and notified emergency […]
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Police have today charged 20 youths following an investigation into a disturbance at a youth detention centre in Belgian Gardens on November 10. All have been conjointly charged with one count of riot causing grievous bodily harm. One youth will appear via video link in the Townsville Children’s Court on Monday. The remaining 19 are […]
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Detectives are investigating after a man was robbed overnight in Bundaberg. Initial inquires indicate around 7.45pm, a 25-year-old man was walking along Short Street when a man has grabbed him from behind and threatened him with what is believed to be a knife. A short struggle ensured and the 25-year-old man dropped his bag onto […]
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