Category: Queensland Police News Updates

Police encourage community members to keep up-to-date with the severe weather event.
Here are some important links:
Queensland Police Service

Facebook – Queensland Police Facebook Page
Twitter –@QPSmedia
Blog – myPolice Moreton
Policelink – 131444

Moreton Bay Regional Council

MoretonAlert – website
Facebook – Moreton Bay Regional Council 
Twitter – @MBRCdisaster
Road conditions – website

Bureau of Meteorology

Website
Twitter – @BOM_Qld

State Emergency Services

Phone:  132 500 for flood and storm emergencies

Energex

Loss of supply: 13 62 62
Emergencies:  13 19 62
General enquiries: 13 12 53

Unity Water

Emergencies and faults:  1300 086 489 (24 hours)

Traffic and Travel information

Phone: 131 940 or go to the website

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Moreton Bay Regional Council advise that the following places of refuge are now open:

Woodford Memorial Community Hall, 103 Archer Street, Woodford
Caboolture Memorial Hall, King Street, Caboolture
Bribie Island Recreation Hall, 156A First Avenue, Bongaree
Watson Park Convention Centre, 7th Day Adventist, Old Gympie Road, Dakabin

The community are asked to stay with family and friends where possible in the first instance.
Please visit the Moreton Bay Regional Council website for the latest status on these centres. The council also has a number of sandbag locations open for residents to access. These locations are listed on the Moreton Bay Regional Council website.

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Police are responding to calls for service relating to children playing in the vicinity of storm water drains and flooding creeks.
This behaviour puts everyone’s lives at risk.
Police are therefore urging people to keep away from these areas and to continue to exercise caution in these storm conditions.
If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.
You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, by calling 1800 333 000 or via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day.

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Police have charged two boys following a traffic crash that occurred early this morning in Morayfield.
Officers were called to Oakey Flat Road this morning at 2.30am after a car which is alleged to have been stolen from Morayfield this morning left the road and rolled.
On arrival, the five occupants including a 19-year-old woman, a 13-year-old girl and three boys, two aged 15 and one aged 16 fled the scene.
They were located around 500 meters from the crash site by the dog squad.
Three of the occupants were taken to hospital for observation and treatment of minor injuries.
Two 15-year-old boys have been charged with one count each unlawful use of a motor vehicle and one has also been charged with dangerous driving.
If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.
You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a

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Police are continuing to investigate an incident in which a woman on a mobility scooter was robbed at knife-point in Rothwell yesterday.
The woman was travelling in a park between Delmar and Windlass streets when she was approached by two teenaged males around 3.10pm.
They demanded she hand over money before one of them shook the scooter while the other produced a knife and started cutting its canopy.
While defending herself, the woman dropped a small amount of cash from her pocket. The pair grabbed the cash and fled the scene on bicycles.
The woman was not physically injured.
The first male is described as being Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander in appearance, about 18 years of age, approximately 175cm tall with black curly hair. He was wearing a black plug earing with a skull on it, grey shorts and a blue singlet and riding a mountain bike.
The second male is described as being Caucasian

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Detectives from the Queensland Racing Crime Squad attached to the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission have this evening arrested a second man following the execution of search warrants at properties of harness racing participants.
A 27-year-old Limestone Ridges man has been charged with four counts of Match Fixing under the Queensland Criminal Code. He is due to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on May 11.
It follows the arrest of a 46-year-old Warwick man who was charged with one count of Match Fixing.
The arrests are the result of a protracted investigation by the QPS, CCC and QRIC into systemic match fixing in the harness racing industry.
Due to the ongoing nature of the investigation no further comment can be made at this time.
Since its inception July 1 2016 the QRCS has been collocated with the Queensland Racing Integrity Commissioner at Albion and is tasked with investigating serious animal cruelty, major and organised crime

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Police are investigating following a road rage incident at Caboolture this afternoon during which what appeared to be an air rifle was shot out the window of a car.
Preliminary information suggests a 36-year-old man was driving his work ute north along Beerburrum Road around 1.15pm when another car swerved towards his vehicle in the right lane.
As the man travelled towards Henzell Road he changed lanes, and the same car described as a blue Ford Focus hatchback drove up beside him in the outside lane.
A man then pointed a firearm similar to an air rifle out of the window and fired a single shot as he passed before driving off along Henzell Street.
The victim heard the shot strike his vehicle however there was no significant damage. The man was shaken however uninjured as a result of the incident
The male driver of the Ford Focus is described as Caucasian in appearance with

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Detectives from the Queensland Racing Crime Squad attached to the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission have this week executed search warrants at properties of five harness racing participants.
This resulted in the arrest of a 46-year-old Warwick man who has been charged with one count of Match Fixing under the Queensland Criminal Code.
This action is the result of a protracted investigation by the QPS, CCC and QRIC into systemic match fixing in the harness racing industry.
Premises visited this week included properties at Limestone Ridges, Warwick, The Gap, Logan Village and Redcliffe. Detectives seized mobile phones, computers, documents and clothing. The items will now be forensically examined as part of the investigation.
Since its inception July 1 2016 the QRCS has been collocated with the Queensland Racing Integrity Commissioner at Albion and is tasked with investigating serious animal cruelty, match fixing and major and organised crime across all three codes of racing.
 
 
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Police will be out in force right across Queensland’s expansive road network today as part of a high-visibility safety blitz ahead of Easter.
Road Policing Command Assistant Commissioner Mike Keating said today’s high-visibility operation was designed to send a strong message to road users.
“The Thursday before Easter – particularly the afternoon – is one of the busiest periods on our roads,” Assistant Commissioner Keating said.
“It’s a time when people spend many hours behind the wheel to get to their holiday destination – so with more people on the roads, travelling longer distances, unfortunately the risk of a serious crashes increases.
“That’s why we will be staging officers from the Road Policing Command in high-risk areas across the state – including major highways.
“Our officers will out there actively enforcing the speed limit, conducting breath tests and checking licences.
“Anyone travelling on the state’s highways today can expect to see police. We know from our

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The following information relates generally to road related enforcement operations and statistics reported for the Moreton Police District which includes statistics for Redcliffe, Deception Bay, Burpengary, Caboolture, Bribie Island, Woodford, Kilcoy and Moore Police Divisions. The statistics relate to the week ending on April 9, 2017. The information has been compiled by the Deception Bay Road Policing Unit.
Road Fatalities
As of midnight on April 2 the Queensland road toll is 59 fatalities, three up on last week and three less than the same time last year.
The Southern Police Region, of which Moreton is a member, has had 14 which is six less than last year.
Moreton District is sitting on four fatalities from three crashes, three up on last year.
Operations/Enforcement
Road Policing Officers and Moreton District Officers are actively out and about during the week for the Easter Traffic Campaign. Police will be targeting speed, seatbelts, drink and drug driving, mobile phones and careless driving.

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