LOCATED – Search and rescue, Doomadgee

THESE PEOPLE HAVE NOW BEEN LOCATED

Police are coordinating a search for a group of people who have not returned from a weekend fishing trip in Far North Queensland.

Officers have been told four men and three boys left Doomadgee around 3.45pm on Friday bound for either Eight Mile Creek or Horse Island (about 26 kilometres west of Doomadgee), to go fishing.

Family members were expecting the group back yesterday, but they have so far not returned home.

The Queensland Police Service has appointed a search and rescue coordinator and officers are now liaising with community members in an attempt to locate the group.

A fly over of the area in a private aircraft was conducted this afternoon and land searches are continuing.

The missing men are aged 22, 25, 39 and 40 and the boys are 6, 8 and 9.

Police hold concerns for the group’s welfare.

Anyone who may have seen the group or a white Toyota dual-cab utility in the area urged to contact local police or Crime Stoppers.

If you have information for police, contact Policelink by providing information using the online suspicious activity form 24hrs per day at www.police.qld.gov.au/reporting.

Report crime information anonymously via Crime Stoppers. Call 1800 333 000 or report online at www.crimestoppersqld.com.au.