A 40-year-old man has appeared in the Southport Magistrates Court today after being extradited from Victoria in relation to an extortion and serious assault offence allegedly committed on the Gold Coast in 2004. The former Finks CMG member was arrested on his release from prison in Victoria last week. He appeared in Southport Magistrates Court […]
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Police are investigating a fatal traffic crash that occurred on Lake Barrine Road at Yungaburra this afternoon. Initial information suggests that around midday, a motorcycle and four-wheel-drive towing a trailer collided head-on. The male rider of the motorcycle died at the scene. The driver of the four-wheel-drive was not injured. Lake Barrine Road is currently […]
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Police are investigating a robbery that occurred at a Joan Street business late last night. Two men in masks entered the complex at around 10pm and demanded the 65-year-old business owner open an office safe. The offenders assaulted the victim before fleeing with a sum of money. The 65-year-old man sustained facial lacerations and bruising […]
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A Fortitude Valley man has been charged with burglary following a disturbance in Bowen Hills, early this morning. Around 2.15am, a 44-year-old Bowen Hills man was asleep in a Wren Street property when three people entered his premises. Police will allege the man was assaulted with a piece of wood before a scuffle took place. […]
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Mackay Police are investigating after two prime movers were destroyed by fire at a holding yard in Paget overnight. Around 11pm police responded to reports of the vehicles being engulfed in flames at the Connors Road premises. Two prime movers, in different areas of the holding yard, were destroyed in the blaze while another sustained […]
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Detectives from the Innisfail Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) have charged two people following the discovery of an alleged drug lab in Innisfail yesterday. Around 2pm detectives executed a search warrant at a Carmel Street residence and allegedly located a number of products associated with the production of methyl amphetamines. A 42-year-old Innisfail man has been […]
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The emergent situation declared earlier today at Torrens Road, Caboolture was revoked at 4.30pm. Police had attended the address around 11.30pm last night following reports of a disturbance. A man inside the house was refusing to leave the residence, with police then declaring an emergent situation under the Public Safety Preservation Act at 10.30am this […]
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Police have declared an emergent situation under the Public Safety Preservation Act at Caboolture this morning. The declaration was made at 10.30am and encompasses an area bounded by Torrens Rd, Mingaye St and Domnick St. Around 12.15am police were called to a residence on Torrens St following reports from a neighbor of a disturbance at […]
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A 43-year-old Holland Park West is due to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court today charged with one count of extortion with an attempt to gain benefit. Police will allege a man made contact with a 25-year-old Red Hill man several times between June 5 and 8 and attempted to extort money in exchange for […]
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Mackay detectives continue to investigate the sexual assault of a woman which occurred in the Finch Hatton area on Friday, June 6. Preliminary investigations indicate that an unknown man broke into a farm house located between Finch Hatton and Pinnacle around 7.50am and sexually assaulted the female resident. Police are appealing for anyone who may […]
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