Police are searching for a man after a bakery store at Helensvale was robbed at knife point today. Around 11.50am a man armed with a knife entered the Lindfield Road business and made demands for money from the 35-year-old female store attendant. When the woman failed to hand over any money the man reached over […]
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Police are reminding parents and young people to act responsibly when planning school holiday celebrations on North Stradbroke Island. Officers are preparing for the influx of senior high school students to North Stradbroke Island and are committed to maintaining the island’s reputation as a safe holiday destination for all. Additional police will be sent to […]
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Detectives from Bundaberg Criminal Investigation Branch investigating a burglary with violence in Bundaberg North on September 14 have charged a number of people. It will be alleged at about 9.45pm 9 people armed with a baseball bat, iron bars and a hammer, attended an address on Hinkler Ave after parking a short distance away. The […]
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Cash was stolen from a taxi driver at Woodridge last night after a passenger produced a knife. Around 11.40pm, as the taxi drove along Cypress Street, Woodridge, a male passenger threatened the driver with a knife and demanded he stop the taxi and hand over all his money. The driver, a 26-year-old man, complied and […]
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A cyclist has been seriously injured following a collision with a car at Gordon Park last night. Preliminary investigations indicate the male rider was travelling eastbound along the footpath on Stafford Road near Gordon Street at around 7pm when he struck a vehicle exiting a driveway. The cyclist, a local man aged in his 50s, […]
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A man has been charged following an incident that started late last night at Wacol. It will be alleged police were called to a business shortly before 10pm (September 14) following reports that a man armed with a knife was making threats towards staff. Attempts were made to negotiate with the man overnight, and an […]
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Police Minister Bill Byrne and Commissioner Ian Stewart today urged motorists to stay safe on the roads these school holidays at the launch of Operation Spring Break 2016. The coordinated state-wide initiative for the September and October school holidays is aimed at reducing the number of serious injury and fatal traffic crashes. The operation, which will […]
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A man has died in hospital following a fatal traffic crash in Kallangur on the evening of September 1. Initial investigations suggest at around 6.30pm a car travelling west along Ann Street attempted to turn right into Sheaves Road when it collided with a motorcycle travelling east on Ann Street. A 23-year-old Kallangur man was […]
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Police are investigating an armed robbery in Browns Plains this morning. Initial information suggests that just after 10am, two men, one armed with a gun, have entered a tavern on Browns Plains Road and demanded money from a female staff member. The woman has complied and the men have then left the tavern on foot. […]
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Three people have been charged and weapons and drugs, including a drug manufacturing lab, have been seized by officers from Taskforce Maxima and Gold Coast Rapid Action Patrols. Yesterday morning officers executed a search warrant at an Upper Coomera address and seized a shortened double barrelled shotgun, a revolver, cash, methylamphetamine, GHB and a taser. […]
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