Joint media release between AFP and QPS The Brisbane Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT) has today conducted an operation to disrupt a network allegedly involved in the recruitment and financing of foreign fighters to Syria, resulting in the arrest of two men. A 21-year-old Boronia Heights man has been charged and is expected to appear […]
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A large contingent of motorbike riders left the Queensland Police Academy this afternoon to join more than 1400 riders for the Wall to Wall: Ride for Remembrance. The Wall to Wall Ride remembers and honours police officers who have fallen in the line of duty, promotes safe and responsible motorcycling and raises awareness and money […]
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Task Force Maxima Gold Coast officers raided a Parkwood home yesterday arresting a patched member of the Mongols CMG for counterfeit currency offences (under the Commonwealth Crimes Act) and unlawful possession of steroids. Police will allege the Mongols CMG member had passed a $50 counterfeit note through a Parkwood business to purchase goods. As a […]
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A Police Liaison Officer from Brisbane Region has today been suspended from official duty with the Queensland Police Service. The 49-year-old man is facing allegations of misconduct in relation to assaulting a number of juveniles whilst off duty. In keeping with our commitment to high standards of behaviour, transparency and accountability, we have an undertaking […]
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Commissioner Ian Stewart today attended the launch of the state’s new Domestic Violence Taskforce. The eight-member taskforce is headed up by the former Governor-General Dame Quentin Bryce. At the launch today, Premier Campbell Newman said Queensland Police investigate 175 reports of domestic and family violence every day. The taskforce have five months to work out […]
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Police have charged a man following investigations into the murder of a 24-year-old man at Tingalpa in February this year. Russell Johnstone was found with gunshot wounds on Jarrow Street around 3.30am on February 6. He was transported to the Princess Alexandra Hospital where he was later pronounced deceased. A 24-year-old Mount Gravatt East man […]
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Police are investigating a second and unrelated armed robbery in Sunnybank Hills. Around 2am today a man entered a Hellawell Road tavern, produced a machete and demanded cash from the attendant. The man ran from the tavern with a quantity of cash and was last seen heading towards Jackson Road. The attendant was not physically […]
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Police are investigating a robbery with violence that occurred on Ridley Street, Auchenflower yesterday. Initial investigations suggest around 10.30pm a man and a woman were walking along Ridley Street when they were approached by three men, two of which were allegedly armed with metal bars. One of the offenders punched the man in the face […]
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Police have charged a man after two incidents yesterday, one in Wynnum and one in Sunnybank. It is alleged sometime between 3 – 4am on September 9, the man damaged a police car on Pine Street, Wynnum. Then around 10pm the same day police attended the intersection of Beenleigh & Jackson Roads in relation to […]
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Police are investigating an armed robbery of a convenience store on Wynne Street, Sunnybank. Initial investigations suggest that just before 9pm two approached a store attendant. One man is believed to have produced a gun while the other man demanded cash. The men fled the store with a quantity of cash and cigarettes. The attendant […]
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