Police have charged a man after he allegedly rammed a vehicle in Logan and drove a stolen truck to New South Wales and back to Palm Beach before been arrested. It will be alleged at 10.45pm police observed a truck with stolen registration plates in Wyndham Circuit at Holmview. The truck drove off, hitting a […]
Category: Queensland Police News Updates
Easter Road Safety Campaign – Day 2 items of interest
DAY 2 Good Friday, April 19 2019 Summary Highest Speed: 170km/h in a 100 zone on the Centenary Motorway at Ellen Grove Highest recorded blood alcohol concentration: 0.270 per cent at the Glass House Mountains 31 impoundment offences Central Region Drink driving: 0.270 per cent at the Glass House Mountains, 0.180 per cent at Bowen, […]
Armed robbery charges, Margate
Detectives have charged a man and a woman following a violent robbery that occurred earlier this month in Margate. On April 13 at around 8.40pm, a man entered a convenience store on Oxley Avenue and allegedly threatened a man with a tyre iron. It will be further alleged that the pair then became involved in […]
Easter Road Safety – Day 1 items of interest
DAY 1 Thursday April 18 2019 Summary The highest speed recorded was 155km/h in an 80 zone at the Logan Motorway at Drewvale The highest blood alcohol concentration recorded was 0.307 per cent at Bellbird Park 24 impoundment offences Central Region Drink driving: 0.165 per cent at Avenell Heights Speeding: 111 km/h in a 70 […]
Easter Road Safety – Day 1 statistics
https://d2haxmvzil2swt.cloudfront.net/uploads/2019/04/18/91252_Easter_Stats_Day_1.mp4 Download Video Phase 2 of the Queensland Easter Road Safety Campaign commenced at 0001 hrs on Thursday, 18 April 2019 and continues until 2359 hrs on Monday, 22 April 2019. During the Easter Period, Queensland Police will enforce high risk road user behaviour including the fatal five: speeding, fatigue, impaired driving (drink and drug), […]
Have a great Easter weekend from Moreton Police
Police Dog Crash from the Moreton Dog squad is helping out with few deliveries this weekend after an emergency call from the Easter Bunny. Police from Moreton would like to wish everyone a happy and safe Easter weekend. If you are travelling please drive carefully, rest if sleepy, drive to conditions and slow down. Make […]
Update – Serious traffic crash, Oakey
Police are appealing for witnesses after a motorist was seriously injured by a metal rod, whilst travelling on the Warrego Highway towards Oakey on February 25. The 60-year-old woman was driving a rigid truck westbound around 3.15pm when a metal rod approximately 50 centimetres in length bounced off the road and came through her windscreen. […]
Easter road safety stories – “Never attend another one again”
Unfortunately Easter is a notorious time for road crashes in Queensland. The QPS with the support of other emergency services is currently coordinating a state-wide traffic policing operation designed to reduce the number of serious injuries, fatal traffic crashes and road related crime. At the April 5 launch of the Easter road safety campaign Commissioner […]
Fatal traffic crash, Caboolture
A man has died in hospital following a two vehicle traffic crash in Caboolture on Monday, April 15. Preliminary investigations indicate at around 5:15pm a mobility scooter was crossing King Street when it collided with a car travelling along King Street. A 78-year-old man was transported to Caboolture Hospital in a stable condition but passed […]
Trespassing charges, Millmerran & Yangan
Detectives from Major and Organised Crime Squad (Rural), State Crime Command, together with officers from the Darling Downs, Moreton, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast have charged 11 people following investigations into alleged trespassing incidents at agricultural locations in late March and early April. A total of 11 people were arrested at locations across South East […]