Three women who went missing during a bushwalk at the Lamington National Park at Binna Burra yesterday have been found safe and well. The women believed to be aged between 70 and 80 years old were located just under a kilometre from Binna Burra Lodge and are presently being walked out by searchers. All three […]
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Police have charged a 55-year-old Stafford man following the discovery of dangerous drugs at a Stafford residence yesterday afternoon. It will be alleged that around 12.20pm, police executed a search warrant at a Webster Road residence and located a quantity of drugs and utensils. The 55-year-old man has been charged with one count each of […]
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A 64-year-old man has been charged with two counts of attempt to injure by noxious substance. Townsville detectives charged a man following investigations into claims that he intended to leave bottles of water laced with noxious substances in parks located in the South Townsville area. He will appear in the Townsville Magistrates Court today. If […]
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Police are investigating a house fire that occurred in Crestmead early this morning. Around 12.50am, police were called to a vacant house on Judith Street following reports that it was fully engulfed. The house was destroyed in the blaze. A crime scene has been established and scientific officers will commence investigations later this morning. Investigations […]
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Police are investigating the assault and robbery of a man at Redbank last night. Around 9.30pm, the 18-year-old was walking along Polzin Drive when he was approached by a group of men who demanded his wallet. The victim was assaulted and the men took his mobile phone before fleeing on foot. The victim received minor […]
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A search is expected to resume at first light for three overdue bushwalkers at Lamington National Park, Binna Burra. The three women set out on a bushwalk around 8.30am yesterday. Police were notified shortly after 6pm that the trio had failed to return. A land and aerial search were commenced last night, but the search […]
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Police have charged a man following the sexual assault of an 18-year-old woman in Coopers Plains on August 12 and 13. Police will allege a woman was sexually assaulted by a man on Beaton Street on Monday and Tuesday evening. A 30-year-old Coopers Plains man has been charged with two counts of sexual assault and […]
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Police are appealing for public assistance after a 56-year-old man presented at a West End business claiming he’d been involved in a traffic crash. The man entered the business about 4.15pm and collapsed soon afterwards. He was taken to The Townsville Hospital with serious injuries and is now in a coma. He was riding a […]
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Police are investigating the theft of two trailers from the side of the road near the intersection of Birts Road and Emery’s Bridge Road in Gundiah. The trailers, which had locks attached, were taken between 8pm on August 13 and 7am on August 14. The white box trailer with Queensland registration 145QTR was carrying 22 […]
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Police are investigating an incident in a Poole Street home in Bowen that left a 52-year-old man in hospital with serious head, facial and spinal injuries. It’s believed the man was assaulted with an unknown object about 10pm on Monday night (August 12). He was taken to the Townsville Base Hospital but was later transferred […]
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