BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 13 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Detectives from Taskforce Maxima South Eastern Region have charged 15 people on more than 50 charges following an operation targeting the alleged recruitment of gang members across the southeast. Operation Whiskey Rebound was launched in September 2024, to investigate members, former members and associates of the Comanchero Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (OMCG) who were allegedly involved in recruitment, dru...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 13 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are appealing for dash-camera footage as part of an investigation into a missing 29-year-old woman from the Roma and Dalby areas since on February 2, 2025. Following information received from the community, police have confirmed Tayla Spies left a hotel in Dalby at around 8am on Sunday morning and travelled west towards Surat. Her vehicle was last seen at the intersection of Burrowes Street a...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 13 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Logan police are intensifying efforts to disrupt and apprehend offenders responsible for multiple property crimes across the region. Following a series of break ins, robberies, and vehicle thefts across Rochedale South, Carindale, Eagleby, Underwood, and Manly West, police are actively targeting those responsible and implementing strategic enforcement measures to prevent further offending. Acting Ch...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 13 -- Queensland Health issued the following media release: Queenslanders are urged to take measures to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes amid detections of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) and Ross River virus among some mosquito populations across the state. Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr Heidi Carroll said that notifications of mosquito borne illnesses typically start to rise in February as mosquito populations increase. "Mosquito numbers always increase sign...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 13 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: An EMERGENCY ALERT has been issued at 5.20pm Thursday February 13 by Charters Towers Local Disaster Management Group. This is a WATER ADVICE from the Charters Towers Local Disaster Management Group for CHARTERS TOWERS. Charters Towers will be moving to a level 5 water restriction (essential use only) from 9pm today. Please conserve your water use for showering (maximum 3 minutes), only flushing the t...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 12 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Vision and images of the arrest and seized items are available via Hightail. A contractor to Australia's postal service has been sentenced to two years and three months' imprisonment for using his position to take at least $400,000 worth of items including jewellery, designer luxury goods and alcohol, from mail packages. The man, 43, was sentenced by the Downing Centre District Court yesterd...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 12 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: TV grabs from Assistant Commissioner Richard Chin available via Hightail. Australia has imposed financial sanctions on five Russian individuals and a cybercriminal infrastructure provider for offering services which enabled notorious criminal networks to facilitate unlawful activity online. The AFP acknowledges the decision by the Australian, US and UK governments today (12 February, 2025) t...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 12 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Images and CCTV footage available via Hightail. AFP Special Operation Avalite is releasing images and footage of a man who could assist an investigation into the vandalism of a Victorian Senator's electorate office in January, 2024. The images and videos were recorded on CCTV about 5.25am on 31 January, 2024, and show a man spray painting abusive messages on the window and front door of the ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 12 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Queensland Police Service (QPS) and Police and Community Youth Clubs (PCYC) Queensland welcomed National Rugby League (NRL) legends this week as part of the 14th annual Hogs National Tour. NRL legend Brad Fittler shed his New South Wales jersey and put aside the state rivalry to empower young Queenslanders to develop leadership attributes and connect with their communities. The team has travelled by...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 12 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Images available via Hightail AFP Special Operation Avalite is releasing two new images of individuals wanted for questioning for allegedly displaying a prohibited terrorist organisation symbol at a Melbourne protest last year. The new photos are in addition to seven images released last year after protesters allegedly displayed a Hizballah flag on 29 September in the Melbourne CBD between 1...