Detectives from the Morningside CPIU executed a search warrant this morning on a house in Mount Gravatt East. Around 7am, police attended the Heyford Street property and located approximately 250kg of Khat plants, otherwise known as Catha Edulis, and over $7000 cash. Khat is prescribed under schedule 2 of the Drug Misuse Act as a […]
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Seven people have been charged after an incident in Trinity Beach yesterday. Around 7.50am, four people approached a woman at the door of a Johanna Road house, subsequently pushing past her into the home and stealing her car keys and cash. The four left the residence in the woman’s car. Police located the car in […]
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A 34-year-old Boondall man has died following a single vehicle traffic crash at Banyo early this morning. Around 1.45am a motorcycle crashed into a light pole at the intersection of Earnshaw and Tufnell roads. The male rider suffered serious injuries and died a short time later. The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating. If you have information for […]
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A man has been charged following an incident in Rockhampton last night. At around 8.25pm a truck was reportedly stolen from a transport depot on Park Avenue. Around 8.45pm police attempted to intercept the truck after they observed the vehicle travelling on Stenlake Avenue. The truck allegedly drove through a red light to evade police. […]
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Police are investigating an incident that occurred on the Landsborough Highway, approximately 130km north of Longreach, where a police firearm was discharged yesterday evening. Around 7.30pm, police were looking for a vehicle that was linked to earlier offences in Winton and Barcaldine when they sighted the car on the highway travelling towards Winton. Initial enquiries […]
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Police are investigating a serious traffic crash that occurred in Banyo this morning. Around 1.45am a motorcycle crashed into a light pole at the intersection of Earnshaw and Tufnell roads. The male rider was thrown from the motorcycle, and sustained critical injuries. There is no further information available at present. The Forensic Crash Unit is […]
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A man has been charged with weapons offences following the search of a rural property at Cynthia, near Monto. The search of the Cynthia Range Road property was conducted over two days, March 11 and 12 and involved officers from various specialised groups, including State Crime Command, Stock and Rural Crime Investigation Squad, Wide Bay […]
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Queensland Police Headquarters in Brisbane City was this afternoon evacuated after a suspicious item was brought to the front counter. Investigations indicate the item had been located by a person attached to a pole in a park at Milton around 1pm. The worker subsequently delivered the item, described as a black plastic box, to police […]
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Two officers and one staff member will now be bald on the beat after losing their locks during the Leukaemia Foundation’s World’s Greatest Shave. Inspector Dale Frieberg, Acting Superintendent Ben Marcus and Rebecca Tait shaved for a cure in front of friends, family and colleagues at Police Headquarters, Brisbane earlier this morning. Nearly twenty officers and […]
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Earlier today, members of the Taskforce Maxima Road Policing Unit intercepted a patched member of the Mongol Criminal Motorcycle Gang. Consequently a 37-year-old Gold Coast man was arrested and charged with possession of dangerous drugs (steroids) and two breaches of bail The man also tested positive to Methylamphetmine during a roadside drug test. This test […]
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