Police are concerned by the number of motorists who continue to ignore the warnings and drink and drive following a weekend traffic operation at Palm Beach. Operation North Lima Sled was run over the weekend and involved local officers from Palm Beach, Mudgeeraba, Robina and Coolangatta assisted by officers from the Road Policing Command. Acting […]
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A 15-year-old Kings Beach girl has been charged following investigations into the robbery of a Wurtulla service station on April 8. It will be alleged at about 1.50am a female, armed with a knife, entered the store with a mask covering her face and made demands for cigarettes. Police initially thought the offender was a […]
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Police are investigating a house fire that damaged a vacant premises at Southport in the early hours of this morning. Around 1.35am today a security officer performing patrols in the area noticed smoke coming from the Lather Street building and contacted emergency services. The fire was extinguished, and police are investigating the cause. Investigations are […]
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A 47-year-old Warwick man has been charged with rape, child exploitation and grooming offences following an investigation into alleged offences that span a period from 2002 to 2015. Operation North Lithium, a joint investigation between Warwick Child Protection and Investigation Unit (CPIU) and Taskforce Argos, has so far identified 28 alleged child victims and has […]
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A man has died following a single vehicle traffic crash at Chinchilla yesterday afternoon. Information suggests around 1.15pm, a motorcycle was travelling on a track running parallel with Chinchilla Tara Road when the rider lost control and collided with a tree and then a metal sign. The rider, a 38-year-old Chinchilla man, was transported to […]
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Police have charged a man following an evade police incident and traffic crash in Yatala last night. At around 11:15pm police were conducting a covert hooning operation with the assistance of Polair when a vehicle was allegedly observed driving dangerously on Stanmore Road. Police will be alleging that they attempted to intercept the vehicle on two […]
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Police are investigating a serious traffic crash that occurred this afternoon in Clagiraba. Initial information suggests that at around 12.20pm a car and motorcycle have collided at the intersection of Clagiraba Road and Beaudesert Nerang Road. The 59-year-old motorcycle rider suffered serious internal injuries and was transported to the Gold Coast University Hospital where he […]
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Detectives are investigating following a robbery yesterday afternoon in Mount Ommaney. At about 5.15pm a man approached a woman who was sitting in her car in a shopping centre car park on Dandenong Road. He engaged the woman in conversation before attempting to grab the woman’s handbag. A brief struggle followed during which the woman […]
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Detectives are investigating following a robbery yesterday afternoon in Mount Ommaney. At about 5.15pm a man approached a woman who was sitting in her car in a shopping centre car park on Dandenong Road. He engaged the woman in conversation before attempting to grab the woman’s handbag. A brief struggle followed during which the woman […]
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Police have commenced a homicide investigation following the suspicious disappearance of a 48-year-old woman from Condon, Townsville. Julie Hutchinson was reported missing on April 9. Investigations into her disappearance has determined that she was last seen at a residence in Chelsea Drive, Condon on March 7. A 47-year-old Condon man known to her is currently […]
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