CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 23 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: An Afghanistan-born man is set to appear before Melbourne Magistrates' Court today (Monday, 23 December, 2024) charged with allegedly failing to comply with his visa-mandated curfew conditions. The AFP charged the man, 34, on 23 December, 2024, after he was located in Melbourne. It will be alleged the man breached a condition of his Commonwealth visa on Friday, 20 December, 2024, by failing to abide by hi...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 23 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force Editor's note:Image available via Hightail A Japanese man appeared before Perth Magistrates Court yesterday (22 December, 2024) charged after allegedly importing 9kg of methamphetamine into Australia. ABF officers allegedly detected the drugs on Saturday 21 December, 2024, after selecting the man, 32, for a bag...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 23 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Video of AFP Forensics solving a Christmas mystery and elf facefit image available via Hightail The AFP is urging members of the public to be on the lookout for an elf suspected of causing Christmas chaos in homes and workplaces across Australia, with forensic experts releasing a 'facefit' composition to help track him down. The AFP Facial Identification Team has constructed an image of the f...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 23 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating following a fatal traffic crash in Owanyilla yesterday morning, December 22. Around 4.10am, a motorcyclist was travelling on the Bruce Highway near Petersen Road when he struck a horse. A 46-year-old New South Wales man sustained critical injuries and died at the scene. Investigations into the circumstances are continuing. Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndicat...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 23 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: A man has been charged following an alleged stabbing in Ipswich overnight, December 23. At approximately 12.35am, there was a physical altercation between two men at a Bergin Street address in Booval. One of the men sustained a stab wound to his abdomen and arm during the altercation. Both parties are believed to be known to each other. The victim, a 58-year-old Alexandra Hills man, was transporte...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 23 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Emergency crews have been kept busy over the past week, responding to multiple flood-related incidents across Queensland. In a recent incident, three juvenile girls, aged between 13-years-old and 14-years-old had been reportedly swimming with a group of other children in the flooded Barron River just after 5pm on December 22, when they became trapped. They sought refuge in a tree which was surrounde...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 22 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the AFP and Australian Border Force Editor's note: Images and videos available via Hightail The AFP has identified a recent trend which has resulted in the seizure of over one tonne of cocaine hidden within refrigerated shipping containers during the past two years. The AFP and the Australian Border Force (ABF) are aware of criminal syndicates hiding cocaine in refrig...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 22 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Detectives from Bayside Criminal Investigation Branch with assistance from the Crime and Intelligence Command have charged a 17-year-old boy in relation to a number of alleged property crime offences across Cleveland and Wynnum. The teenager was arrested at an Acacia Ridge address this morning and is facing more than 10 charges including enter premises and commit indictable offence, and unlawful use ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 22 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Detectives from Moreton District have launched a homicide investigation as they continue to appeal for information following the suspicious death of a 23-year-old woman at Caboolture this morning. Police were called to a Railway Parade address around 12.10am where they located the woman unconscious and unresponsive. The woman was declared deceased a short time later and a crime scene established. I...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 22 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: A crime scene has been declared and investigations are underway following an unlawful wounding incident in Coomera this morning. Police and emergency services were called to a Cirrus Way property about 6.10am to reports a man sustained a non-life-threatening leg injury. Inquiries indicate the 23-year-old man sustained a gunshot wound to the right ankle. The offender is believed to have fled shortly...