BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 20 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: An Emergency Alert Watch and Act has been issued for the Townsville area. Council advises localised flooding is happening at Bohle River and Blue Water Creek and urges residents in the area to Prepare to Leave. Conditions could change quickly. Do not attempt to drive through flooded waters. Listen to local radio or go to Townsville Emergency Management and Disaster Dashboard at disaster.townsville.ql...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 20 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are investigating a fatal two-vehicle-crash which occurred in Adare this afternoon, December 20. At 1.15pm, a Toyota Rav 4 and a Honda CRV were travelling in opposite directions on the Warrego Highway in Adare, near Gatton, when they collided. A 61-year-old Kleinton woman, a rear passenger of the Honda CRV, was pronounced deceased at the scene. The 21-year-old Honda CRV driver and the 68-yea...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 20 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: The Queensland Police Service (QPS) is urging parents to take extra caution if gifting e-scooters this Christmas, as the number of lives lost involving these devices has more than doubled in the last year. As of 18 December 2024, eight lives have been lost on Personal Mobility Devices (PMDs), such as e-scooters and e-skateboards, compared to two lives lost in 2023. The growing use of PMDs has cause...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 20 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: The Queensland Police Service (QPS) has spread festive cheer the week before Christmas, by donating more than 3,000 gifts to children in care at the annual Commissioner's Christmas gift drive. The event, which is now in its 32nd year, collects donations from QPS members and the community to gift to children in care, through foster and kinship services. In true holiday spirit, Santa himself visited P...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 20 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: The AFP is concerned about the increasing prevalence of young people accessing violent extremist material and propaganda online, leading to an increasing threat of youth radicalisation. The AFP is urging parents to be aware of who their children are communicating with online, what online games they are playing and what they are viewing and accessing online - especially given many young people will be given ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 20 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: The AFP-led Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce (CACT) has obtained a restraining order in relation to the South Australian home of an alleged online child sex offender. The man, 38, was initially charged with child abuse material offences in December 2023, after the South Australian Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (SA JACET) alleged he was found to be in possession of child abuse images and videos. ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 20 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Images, vision and audio grabs from the original arrest are available via Hightail Two men have been jailed for a combined 15 years' imprisonment for their roles in importing 84kg of ketamine into Australia concealed inside two new commercial vans. The men, aged 29 and 30, were charged in July, 2023 as a part of an AFP operation into a transnational drug trafficking syndicate. The 29-year-...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 20 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police have charged a man following alleged incidents in Maroochydore and Eerwah Vale yesterday, December 19. Police will allege the man took an 8-year-old girl, known to him, from a facility on Beach Road, Maroochydore which initiated an Amber Alert. The man and the girl were located at a property in Eerwah Vale around 6pm, safe and well. A 44-year-old Coolum Beach man has been charged with one co...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 20 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are continuing to appeal for information and have released additional vision of a man who may be able to assist with investigations following a sexual assault in Kelvin Grove last week. Initial investigations indicate around 12:30am on Tuesday December 10, a woman was walking along Blamey Street when she was approached by a man. The man grabbed the woman and sexually assaulted her before flee...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 20 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police have located the man missing from Burrum Heads since December 16. The 77-year-old was located alive in bushland in the Burrum River area this morning, December 20. Police thank the public and media for their assistance. The earlier media releases have been modified to remove identifying information. Earlier: https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/news/2024/12/18/update-1-search-and-rescue-operation-wi...