BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 28 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating following a fatal motorbike crash at Mossman this afternoon, December 28. Initial investigations indicate at approximately 2.30pm, a motorbike was travelling along Johnston Road when it struck a vehicle it was following. The rider, a 35-year-old man, sustained critical injuries and was subsequently declared deceased at the scene. The other driver was not phy...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 28 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: The AFP has charged 126 people with 158 money laundering offences in 2024, as part of ongoing operational priorities to target these enterprises and hit criminal groups in their wallets. As a result of these arrests, the AFP-led Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce (CACT) has seized or restrained around $23.4 million in criminal assets associated with money-laundering offences, causing significant disrupt...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 28 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Audio grabs and a video message of Assistant Commissioner Justine Gough are available on Hightail. The AFP's Northern Command is winding up a year of milestones in disrupting significant and organised crime and keeping Australians safe. A highlight of 2024 is this month's Operation Tyrrendor, which resulted in the AFP making the largest-ever cocaine seizure in Australia, with the assistance ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 28 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are appealing for public assistance to identify the vehicle involved in a hit and run in Diddillibah on the morning of December 15 which left a man with serious injuries. Preliminary investigations indicate a 39-year-old man was struck by a car just before 2.30am on David Low Way. It is believed the man left a service station on David Low Way at 2:19am, and was walking east at the time of the...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 28 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police will prepare a report for the coroner following the non-suspicious death of a man found in water at Point Vernon on Thursday, December 26. About 3.30pm, emergency services were called to the Esplanade to reports of a man's body in the water. Police are urging anyone with information or relevant dashcam or CCTV vision to contact Policelink. Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 28 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are investigating following two suspicious fires in Inala earlier this morning, December 28. Emergency services were called to a residence on Bamboo Street, about 1.30am to reports of a fire. The fire was extinguished quickly, and the house was only superficially damaged. A short time later around 1.55am, emergency services were called to another fire at an address on Japonica Street. Upon ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 28 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police have charged a 36-year-old Mount Isa man following an investigation into a fatal traffic crash in Lanskey, Mount Isa, on Sunday, June 23. Around 12.30am, emergency services responded to reports of a buggy rollover on Moondarra Drive, near Ryan Road. A 49-year-old Gordonvale man was later declared deceased at the scene. Following an extensive investigation, the 36-year-old driver voluntarily ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 28 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Detectives from Upper Mount Gravatt Criminal Investigation Branch are investigating two armed robberies in Brisbane's south overnight. Initial investigations indicate shortly before midnight, a 23-year-old man was travelling on a motorised scooter on Marshall Road through Tarragindi when he stopped along Kuring Gai Avenue. A silver vehicle pulled up behind him and the occupants exited the vehicle an...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 28 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating following a fatal traffic crash on the Bruce Highway at Kuttabul this afternoon, December 28. Initial investigations indicate at approximately 2.35pm, a Toyota Hilux utility heading northbound has come into contact with a southbound Chevrolet Silverado towing a caravan and then crashed with a southbound Toyota Kluger. The driver of the Kluger, a 76-year-old E...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 28 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: A 40-year-old man has died following a fatal shark bite in waters off Keppel Islands this afternoon, December 28. The man was fishing with family members when he was bitten by a shark about 4.30pm. The man sustained life-threatening injuries and succumbed to those injuries just before 6pm. Police will prepare a report for the Coroner. Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....