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Category: Queensland Police Latest Updates
Unique modelling aircraft parts stolen, Mansfield
Police from Upper Mount Gravatt Property Team are currently investigating unique modelling aircraft electronic components and motors stolen over the weekend. Unknown offender(s) have forcefully entered a business in Mansfield via the rooftop between 6:30pm on Friday, June 29 and 7:30am on Monday, July 2. Police would also like any drivers to review their dash […]
Armed robbery, Calamvale
Police have released CCTV images following the armed robbery of a drive through bottle shop in Calamvale last night (July 2). At around 9pm a man entered the Compton Road business via the driveway, produced what appeared to be a firearm and demanded money from the shop attendant. The male attendant handed over a sum […]
Pedestrian injured, Woolloongabba
A 62-year-old Highgate Hill woman sustained life-threatening injuries after being struck by a car at Woolloongabba this morning. Preliminary information indicates the woman was crossing Annerley Road at the intersection with Stephen Street around 7.15am when the incident occurred. She was transported to the Princess Alexandra Hospital with critical injuries. The driver of the vehicle, […]
Update – Fatal traffic crash, Moorooka
Investigations by the Forensic Crash Unit into a three vehicle crash at Moorooka last night which sadly claimed the lives of three people continues. An 18-year-old man from North Booval, the driver and sole occupant of one of the vehicles, died at the scene. A 33-year-old woman and her 41-year-old male passenger, both from Durack, […]
Fatal traffic crash, Moorooka
Three people have died in a three vehicle traffic crash in Moorooka this evening. Initial investigations suggest at 8pm, a silver Holden Commodore was travelling along Ipswich Road outbound when it crossed into oncoming traffic and crashed into a sedan and a Hyundai near Hamilton Road. The driver of the Commodore, an 18-year-old man, was […]
Brisbane man charged with terrorism offences
JOINT STATEMENT JOINT COUNTER-TERRORISM TEAM Queensland Police Service Australian Federal Police Australian Security Intelligence Organisation A 21-year-old man from Kuraby has been charged with terrorism-related offences as part of an investigation conducted by the Queensland Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT). Members of the JCTT – comprising the Australian Federal Police (AFP), QLD Police Force (QPS) […]
Community comes together for Eid Down Under 2018
The Islamic College of Brisbane (ICB), Karawatha was the place to be for Eid Celebrations last weekend as thousands flocked to the school to take part in festivities throughout the brisk winter’s day. Eid represents the end of Ramadan, the month-long period of fasting. Police Liaison Officer Hamza Shale said this is a time where […]
QPS honour victims of torture and trauma
June 26 is recognised as the International Day Against Torture, and presents an opportunity for community members from all walks of life to come together to honour and remember those who have experienced torture and trauma. With our friends at QPASTT (Queensland Program of Assistance to Survivors and Torture and Trauma), officers from across the South Brisbane […]
Armed robbery, Cannon Hill
Detectives are searching for a man who robbed an adult store on Wynnum Road in Cannon Hill on Tuesday night. Just before 6pm the man threatened a staff member with a knife before demanding she hand over money from the till. The employee complied with his demands and he fled the store with a sum […]