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....
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 28 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Detectives from Caboolture Criminal Investigation Branch have released images of two men who may be able to assist with investigations into a homicide in Caboolture last weekend. Emergency services were called to Railway Parade shortly after midnight on December 22, where they located a 23-year-old woman unresponsive. Initial investigations indicate woman was assaulted by two males and sustained a g...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 28 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are investigating an armed robbery in Manunda earlier today, December 28. Around 6.45am this morning, a group of people armed with tools forced entry to a service station on Koch Street. The group approached the front counter and the employee, a 22-year-old woman, fled on foot with her personal belongings. The employee was confronted by the group outside, was assaulted and the group demanded...