Taskforce Maxima Criminal Economy Unit investigators have made further arrests in relation to an organised crime group allegedly involved in sophisticated ATM skimming activity and the laundering of proceeds to Bulgaria. Operation North Overcast commenced earlier this year and a seven-month investigation has so far identified a number of people alleged to be involved in […]
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Police have revoked the emergency situation declared under the Public Safety Preservation Act following an incident in Portsmith. Emergency services were called to Hartley Street around 9am following reports of a chemical spill. The area has been declared safe and the emergency situation was revoked at 11.30am. No persons were physically injured during this incident. […]
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Police have declared an emergency situation following an incident in Portsmith this morning. Emergency services were called to Portsmith around 9am following reports that some chemicals have been spilled. Police have declared an emergency situation under the Public Safety Preservation Act at 9.37am and have cordoned off and evacuated the area between Spence, Bunda, Kenny […]
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Officers from the Coomera Road Policing Unit will be increasing enforcement on the Pacific Motorway at Coomera/Upper Coomera This specific location is a roadwork site and is described as an 80km/h zone between exits 57 and 49 on the M1 in both directions. The increased enforcement follows numerous complaints from road workers and motorists about […]
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Police have charged a 44-year-old man following a series of incidents at a Caboolture residence over the past eight months. It will be alleged on Tuesday a 44-year-old woman was sprayed with petrol and threatened to be set alight before being struck over the head with a glass bottle during an altercation around 5pm on […]
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Police have charged three men in relation to the armed robbery of a Yorkeys Knob Fuel station early on Monday morning. Officers descended on a residence in Yellowfin Close at Kanimbla just before 6am yesterday and a number of people were detained. Investigators executed a search warrant at the address and a number […]
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Police are investigating the armed robbery of a man in Enoggera yesterday afternoon. Around 1.30pm, a 26-year-old man was walking on Wardell Street when another man, who was sitting at a bus stop at the intersection of Glenalva Terrace, started following him. Approaching him from behind, the offender placed his hand on the man’s neck, […]
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Townsville detectives are investigating the suspicious death of a man in Charters Towers early this morning. At around 3.45am police attended a unit complex on Towers Street where the deceased body of a man was located with stab wounds. The man is believed to be aged in his 30s. There is no further information available […]
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An 80-year-old man has passed away as a result of a single vehicle crash in Clermont this afternoon. Initial investigations indicate that about 3pm, a utility was heading south on Tropic Street when it entered the other lane and collided with a tree. The driver, a man from Clermont, was pronounced deceased at the scene. […]
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A man has been charged with a number of offences following an incident that began on the M1 motorway at Reddy creek and ended at Bilinga this afternoon. It will be alleged that just after 1pm the man was observed by polair driving in a dangerous manner southbound along the motorway at Reddy Creek. Police […]
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