Police have arrested two men following investigations into an attempted armed robbery in Southport and an armed robbery in Coombabah yesterday. Around 6.15am it will be alleged two men entered a Pine Ridge Road store armed with a metal bar and made demands for money. The male shop attendant complied with demands and the men […]
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Police are investigating a fatal traffic crash on the New England Highway, Blue Mountain Heights. Initial investigations suggest that around 12.20am a car travelling southbound on the highway left the road, slid sideways on the verge and struck a tree. A 17-year-old boy was pronounced deceased at the scene. Two other men, a 19-year-old and […]
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Police are investigating an armed robbery at a service station in Rochedale South yesterday. Around 9.45pm a man armed with a knife entered the business on the corner of Underwood and Rochedale Roads and demanded money from the female attendant. The woman complied with demands and the man fled on foot with a sum of […]
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Detectives are investigating a robbery with violence that occurred at a railway station in Logan Central last night. Around 10.15pm a 22-year-old man was using his mobile phone when four men approached him and struck up a conversation. One of the men punched the man in the face, when the man fled the four men […]
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Police are investigating an armed robbery of a taxi driver in Logan Central. Around 12.30am a 29-year-old taxi driver collected two men from Omar Street in Woodridge. The men asked the driver to stop at the intersection of Albert Street and Ewing Road, Logan Central. Once there, both men produced a knife and demanded money […]
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Police from the Townsville Child Protection Unit are investigating an incident that occurred on Sunday morning in Thuringowa Central, where a teenage girl was sexually assaulted. The incident occurred at around 4am, near the Arts Precinct on Village Boulevard. Police would like to speak with the man pictured. He is described as being Caucasian, skinny, […]
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A man has died in a single vehicle traffic crash in Kuranda this afternoon. Initial investigations suggest at 12.10pm, a light truck rolled on the Kennedy Highway near the Barron River Bridge. The driver and sole occupant of the truck, a 57-year-old man from Woree was pronounced deceased upon arrival at Cairns Base Hospital. One […]
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Task Force Maxima raided the residence of a patched member of the Bandidos OMCG Centro Chapter today at Drewvale, locating ICE, drug utensils, ammunition, and Bandidos OMCG paraphernalia. A vehicle parked at the residence was found to contain a clip seal bag containing ICE, a glass smoking pipe and electronic scales. The 29-year-old Drewvale man, […]
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Detective Senior Constable Chun Yuen Shawn CHIA is our first ever Cantonese/Mandarin speaking Detective from the Queensland Police Service. In a ceremony on Thursday August 27, Detective Senior Constable Chia was presented with an award from the Confucius Institute of the University of Queensland. Detective Senior Constable Chia joined QPS as a recruit in 2007. In […]
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Birdsville, our town of 100, is kickstarting the annual Birdsville Races where over 6,000 fans fill (and overload) our tiny isolated outback town. The races are held today (Friday September 4) and tomorrow (Saturday September 5). Our 2015 Birdsville Races police contingent will be here to ensure everyone has a safe time. Officers travel to join our […]
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