Police are investigating after fire destroyed an unoccupied residence in Wynnum West yesterday afternoon. Emergency services attended the Ropely Road address around 1.15pm and found the two storey dwelling well alight. Preliminary investigations indicate the blaze may have been deliberately lit. Police are appealing for anyone who may have been in the vicinity at the […]
Category: Updates from Queensland Police – North Brisbane
Search warrant recovers stolen property
Kawana Waters Police are trying to reunite recovered jewellery and property that was seized yesterday after executing a search warrant at a Buddina address. One owner has already been contacted about their located property after police were able to link the serial number from a 2014 report. Sunshine Coast and South East Coast locals are […]
Police operation to crack down on fake registration plates
A police road safety operation focusing on motorists with fake registration plates and unregistered vehicles has launched across Queensland today. The three-month operation code named Operation Quebec Yield will also involve officers targeting drivers for red light, mobile phone and seat belt offences. Road Policing Command Superintendent David Johnson said police had recently noticed […]
Dangerous driving charge, Forest Glen
An alleged drink driver has been caught by police after he was witnessed driving erratically along a major road through the Sunshine Coast yesterday, almost colliding with several cars. It will be alleged around 5pm yesterday a man was seen by another motorist driving a white sedan dangerously on the Bruce Highway through Forest Glen, […]
Located Kayak, Shafston Reach, Brisbane River
Water police are appealing for public assistance to speak with the owner of a kayak which was located today at South Brisbane. A person was seen paddling on the kayak at 1.45pm on the Brisbane River between Mowbray Park and the Story Bridge. A short time later the kayak was seen drifting unattended and water […]
Robbery, North Lakes
Police are investigating after a man robbed a North Lakes business early this morning. Staff where closing the College Street take away business at 1.35am when a man has entered the store and threatened staff with a hammer. The staff complied, and the man fled with a sum of cash. The man is described as […]
Vision: Armed robbery, Kedron
Police are investigating following the armed robbery of a convenience store in Kedron overnight. At around 11:00pm a man entered the store on Gympie Road, armed with a knife. The man threatened two staff members before stealing a sum of cash from the register and fleeing on foot on Nundah Street. No one was physically […]
Man charged with historical sex offences against children – North Brisbane.
As part of Operation Quebec Reef, detectives from North Brisbane CIB South and the Child Abuse and Sexual Crime Group executed a search warrant today at a Sandgate address. Detectives subsequently charged a 55-year-old Sandgate man with historical offences relating to four child victims, with the incidents allegedly occurring in the North Brisbane area between […]
Armed robbery and pursuit, North Brisbane
A man is assisting police with their inquiries following the armed robbery of Waterworks Road service station at The Gap. Initial information indicates around 1.20am a metal pole was allegedly used to threaten an employee before the alleged offender made off with a sum of money, fleeing in an allegedly stolen white Ford Focus hatchback. […]
Update – Suspicious behaviour appeal, Murrumba Downs
Police are making a public appeal for any information as investigations continue after a man approached a 12-year-old girl in Murrumba Downs last Monday. As part of their appeal police will be at Duffield Road Kallangur from 7.30am to 8.30am where they will be seeking any information from the public. Officers will be speaking to […]