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...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 22 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: A crime scene has been declared after a woman was found deceased in Caboolture this morning, December 22. Around 12.10am, police were called to a Railway Parade address after a woman was found unconscious and not breathing. She was declared deceased at the scene. Investigations are ongoing. Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 21 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between Australian Federal Police, Australian Taxation Office, AUSTRAC and Australian Border Force Editor's note: Images from CACT seizures are available via Hightail The AFP-led Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce (CACT) restrained over $110 million in assets over the last year, bringing the total tally to $1.2 billion in criminal assets in the last five years. The AFP ha...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 21 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Update: The 64-year-old man missing from Ashgrove since December 21 has been found safe and well. Identifying details have been removed from the earlier release. Earlier: Police are seeking urgent public assistance to help locate a 64-year-old man, who has been missing since December 21. Family and police have concerns about his welfare as he has a medical condition. The man is known to use public...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 20 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a 54-year-old man reported missing from Wulguru since Wednesday afternoon, December 11. Wayne Robert Ellen (pictured) was last seen exiting a maxi taxi on Newton Street at 12.30pm and has not been seen or heard from since. He is described as Caucasian in appearance, 175cm tall, heavy build, with dark brown/grey hair. Police and family hold concer...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 20 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) detectives from Fortitude Valley and Carseldine have charged a man and recovered firearms following a break and enter offence at Bowen Hills last month. On December 4, police received a report of firearms be stolen from a Bowen Hills address. It will be alleged between November 1 and December 4, a man cut into a gun safe, stealing firearms and separately stored am...