BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 15 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Officers from Maryborough Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) and Wide Bay Tactical Crime Squad (TCS) have closed a drug trafficking operation which resulted in several arrests and charges. Two search warrants were executed at addresses in Hervey Bay and Maryborough on December 29 and 30, 2024, where police allegedly seized more than 1.3kg of methamphetamine, three firearms, $45 000 cash and other pr...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 15 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are appealing for public assistance to identify a man who may be able to assist with investigations into suspicious behaviour at Yeerongpilly between November 2024 and January 2025. Initial investigations indicate that the man has been seen at an address at Biarra Street, on several occasions. The man is unknown to the residents and has been sighted walking around the property, acting suspicio...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 14 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police have located the body of a man following an extensive search and rescue operation at Beardmore Dam, St George. Around 2pm on Sunday January 12, a man aged in his 40's was reported missing, after he dived into the water and failed to resurface. A search and rescue operation was launched, involving water police, specialist officers, aerial assets, and partner agencies. The body was located in...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 14 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Detectives have charged a teenager following a wounding incident at Yamanto late yesterday afternoon, January 13. Around 5.22pm, a 13-year-old boy allegedly approached a staff member at a supermarket near Warwick Road and stabbed her with a knife. It will be further alleged the boy fled the scene before he was detained by members of the public nearby a short time later. First aid was rendered to th...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 14 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are investigating a shooting incident in Maryborough last night, January 13. Police and emergency services were called to a Fort Street property just after 9pm to reports a 43-year-old man sustained a gunshot wound to his head. The victim was transported to hospital with a life-threatening injury to his head. The offender immediately fled the scene and remains outstanding. This is a suspect...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 14 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Detectives from the Upper Mount Gravatt Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) have charged a 49-year-old Flinders View woman with fraud and money laundering offences. It will be alleged between December 2023 and December 2024, the woman mismanaged the funds of a Brisbane health facility. It is further alleged the woman falsified several invoices from various retailers, with the fraudulent purchases ex...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 14 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Detectives from the Maroochydore Child Protection and Investigation Unit (CPIU) are appealing for public assistance in relation to an alleged incident on November 30. It will be alleged a 23-year-old Townsville man attended Mooloolaba Beach with a teenage girl between 10:30pm and 1am on December 1, when he assaulted her and pushed her into the ocean. The man was charged with one count of rape and co...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 14 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Logan detectives have arrested a man following an alleged shooting incident in Eagleby on January 11. It will be alleged around 10pm, a number of shots were fired through a glass door at a residence on Saverin Road. One of the projectiles struck a 36-year-old man in the chest. He was initially transported to Logan Hospital by a witness before being transferred to Gold Coast University Hospital, wher...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 14 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Arrest vision and photos of injured member available via Hightail A woman is expected to appear before Perth Magistrates Court today (14 January, 2025) charged with allegedly assaulting AFP officers at Perth Airport after alleged disorderly behaviour on a flight to Western Australia. The AFP was called to meet a plane at Perth Airport last night (13 January, 2025) after receiving a request f...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 14 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Images available via Hightail A South Australian man is expected to appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court today (14 January, 2025), charged with several offences including the trafficking of illicit substances, false identification, dealing in proceeds of crime and possession of prohibited weapons. Adelaide Airport staff alerted AFP officers to the man, 39, yesterday (13 January, 2025) af...