Police were pleased with the overall crowd behaviour at the Surfers Paradise Schoolies celebrations overnight with only nine schoolies arrested mainly for public nuisance related offences. Two schoolies were also issued with liquor infringements notices. There were 14 non-schoolies arrested on 18 charges. The majority of the non-schoolies arrests related to public nuisance and drug […]
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Forensic Crash Unit officers are investigating a fatal single vehicle crash yesterday afternoon. Initial investigations indicate around 3.20pm a car was travelling north on the Bruce Highway when it left the roadway and landed in railway culvert. The accident happened near the Nine Mile Creek Overpass. A 22-year-old Marian man died at the scene. He […]
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Police are investigating a serious traffic crash between a car and truck that occurred at College View this afternoon. Initial investigations indicate around 2.30pm, a red Holden Commodore wagon was travelling east on the Warrego Highway when it collided with a truck which was also headed east. The crash happened near the intersection of Villis […]
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Update: This boy has since been located safe and well. Police are seeking public assistance to locate a 13-year-old boy missing from the Sunshine Coast this evening. The boy, pictured, was last seen about 6.30pm when he left a friend’s house to ride home. Both residences are in Mountain Creek. He is described as 164cm […]
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UPDATE: The 76-year-old man reported missing from Southport has been located safe and well. Police would like to thank the media and the public for their assistance. The below release has been edited to remove identifying details: Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a 76-year-old man missing in Southport. He was last […]
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A 54-year-old Inspector from Brisbane Region has been stood down from official duty with the Queensland Police Service and will be tasked to perform non-operational duties. The officer is the subject of an investigation concerning off duty conduct and improper use of Queensland Police Service computer systems. In keeping with our commitment to high standards […]
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Police are investigating a fatal traffic crash which occurred at Munbilla near Kalbar this morning. Preliminary investigations indicate around 7.30am a two vehicle crash has occurred on Munbilla Road. The driver of one of the vehicles, a man aged in his 20s, was pronounced deceased at the scene. The 42-year-old female driver of the second […]
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Queensland played host to the Celebration of African Australians National Awards over the weekend. On Saturday 19, nominees from around the country converged to celebrate and recognise influential community leaders within the African Australian community. Held at the Brisbane City Hall, the Queensland Police Service (QPS) were proud to present the Friend of Africa- Community Services of the […]
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Gold Coast detectives are seeking public assistance to help locate a 48-year-old man after an alleged disturbance in Burleigh Waters yesterday afternoon. Darren Windeatt (pictured) attended a unit on Bottlewood Circuit yesterday and is alleged to have threatened to harm a 43-year-old woman and a five-year-old girl known to the man. The woman and child […]
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Police have charged ten people on 33 charges following the execution of search warrants in Longreach, Barcaldine and Blackall in the past week. Officers from Longreach Criminal Investigation Branch together with officers from the Stock and Rural Crime Investigations Squad and uniform officers from Aramac, Barcaldine and Blackall executed a total of 12 search warrants […]
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