Police are investigating a traffic incident this morning in Bonogin which resulted in the discovery of several handguns. Around 12.45am, witnesses claim to have heard a car revving heavily on Magnolia Lane before observing the vehicle drive down a grassy slope and crash. On police arrival, the 37-year-old male driver and sole occupant of the […]
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Police were called after a vehicle, trailer and boat were washed off the road south of Burketown today. Around 4.45am, a vehicle towing a boat was driving on Wills Development Road and attempted to cross a section that had been inundated. The vehicle and boat became stuck in flood waters and were washed down stream. […]
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A 24-year-old Surfers Paradise man has been charged following the discovery of a suspected drug lab at an apartment building at Broadbeach in the early hours of this morning. It will be alleged around 5am police were called after an oven door was blown off during the suspected preparation of drugs. The sprinklers were activated […]
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Police have charged a man with murder following an alleged double homicide that occurred yesterday in Gordonvale. Police were called to an address on Whiltshire Drive around 3.45 yesterday afternoon following reports of a disturbance, and police have located two women deceased at the address. Another man and a woman were taken to […]
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A 25-year-old Sunshine Coast man has been charged with ten counts of indecent treatment of a child under 16 and one count each of possessing child exploitation material and making child exploitation material, as well as two counts of grooming a child under the age of 16. He is scheduled to appear before the Maroochydore […]
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As part of an ongoing operation focused on the sale of synthetic drugs in regional communities, police have executed raids in Mackay and Bowen. Police from State Crime Command’s Synthetic Drug Operations Unit commenced Operation North Hiking in December 2015 and focused on the sale of synthetic drugs through tobacco shops, adult shops and alternative […]
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A 43-year-old local man, arrested at the scene of an alleged double homicide yesterday, remains in police custody with charges expected later today. Police will allege that two women, aged 43 and 66, sustained apparent fatal stab wounds following a disturbance at a Wiltshire Drive address yesterday afternoon. Police were called to the address around […]
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Detectives have charged a woman following an alleged assault in Caboolture overnight. Officers were called to an address on Rogers Crescent at around 9:30pm following reports a woman armed with a knife had assaulted another woman. On arrival officers negotiated with a woman who was allegedly armed with a knife, ordering her to drop the […]
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A 42-year-old man has died following a serious crash on the Bruce Highway at Griffin earlier this month. Initial investigations indicate just after 5.30am on Friday, March 4, a sedan was driving north on the Bruce Highway, between Dohles Rocks Road and the Pine River Bridge. The sedan attempted to change lanes and side-swiped a […]
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Detectives have charged a man following investigations into an alleged armed robbery in North Cairns on February 29. It will be alleged a man entered the store on Sheridan Street at around 9.45pm armed with a knife and demanded cigarettes and money before producing a second knife and threatening the cashier. The employee complied with the […]
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