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March

Saturday, 31

4WD crashes into house - Brisbane; Serious traffic crash - Brisbane; Armed robbery - Ipswich

Police are anxious to locate a 30-year-old woman who left the Bundaberg Base Hospital this morning.

Crash landing - Blackall; Attempted armed robbery - Woodridge; Attempted murder - Toowoomba; Grievous bodily harm arrest - Nambour.

Morning round up second edition

Drink driving charge, Gold Coast; Dangerous operation of motor vehicle, Toowoomba; Drugs located, Coomera

Morning Round-up

Arrest assault, Aurukun; Arrest firearms, Joyner; Arrest assault police, Townsville

Friday, 30

Evening round up

Armed robberies, Windaroo;Attempted murder charge, Acacia Ridge;Armed robbery, Waterford West

Bus incident, Muckadilla

Police have praised a 16-year-old girl who helped prevent a serious incident on the Warrego Highway early this morning.

Bodies identified – Stradbroke Island

The bodies of a man and a woman that were located this week on the beach at South Stradbroke Island have been formally identified.

Morning Round-up, Second edition

Serous assault - Acacia Ridge; Armed robbery - Waterford West.

Morning round up

Missing man, Mossman Gorge;Shopping centre fire, Sunnybank;Man dies after road crash, Gold Coast

Thursday, 29

Afternoon round up

Fatal crash, Townsivlle; Drug charges, Crows Nest

Queensland Police to trial Tasers

Minister for Police and Corrective Services, Judy Spence MP, together with Commissioner Bob Atkinson today announced a 12 month trial of Electro Muscular Disruption Devices (Tasers).

Morning Round-up, Second edition

Appeal for witnesses - Gundiah fatal; Unlawful use charges - Mt Isa.

Morning round up

Stabbing, Booval;Attempted arson, Helensvale

Wednesday, 28

Afternoon round up

Armed hold up, Clayfield; base jump charges, Surfers Paradise; Woman located attempted abduction, Rockhampton; Police hold concerns for missing man, Brisbane

Update to suspicious fire, Albion

Police are continuing to appeal for information in relation to a suspicious fire which destroyed a motorcycle clubhouse in Albion overnight.

Morning Round-up Second edition

Base jumpers Q1 - Surfers Paradise

Body found, South Stradbroke Island

Gold Coast police are currently on South Stradbroke Island after the body of an Asian man was located this morning.

Morning round up

Suspicious fire, Albion;Attempted armed robbery, New Farm

Tuesday, 27

Update, body located South Stradbroke Island

Police have been unable to positively identify the body of a woman that was found on the beach at South Stradbroke Island yesterday morning.

Missing Austrian student, Fortitude Valley

Police are seeking the public’s assistance to help locate a 28-year-old Austrian student who has not been seen since early Friday morning.

Missing man, Sippy Downs

Police are investigating the disappearance of a 44-year-old man from his Sippy Downs home on Sunday evening.

Fatal traffic incident, Mt Cotton Road

Police are at the scene of a fatal traffic incident that occurred at Capalaba around 7.30 this morning.

Charges, Cairns incident

Police have charged the 44-year-old man after an incident in Grafton Street Cairns yesterday afternoon.

Morning Round-up

Assault police charges - Chermside.

Monday, 26

Evening round up

Murder charge, Logan;Hydroponic crop arrest, Buderim;Suspicious incident, Rockhampton

Footage released – Goodna armed robbery

Police investigate body found – South Stradbroke Island

Gold Coast Police are currently on South Stradbroke Island after the body of a woman was located above the high-water mark on the beach near Jumpinpin Bar.

Man charged after incident in Cloncurry

A 25-year-old Cloncurry man will appear in Mt Isa Magistrates Court today after an incident in Cloncurry early yesterday morning.

Morning round-up, Second edition

Armed robbery - Bowen; Assault arrest - Logan.

Morning Round-up

Armed robbery - Goodna; Break and enter - Palmwoods Police Station.

Sunday, 25

Evening round-up

Robbery with violence - Brisbane City; Witnesses sought traffic crash - Springwood

Man in critical condition after assault, Logan

Afternoon Round-up

Charges - serious assault, South Brisbane

Appeal for witnesses, Aspley

Morning Round-Up

Serious assault - South Brisbane; Vessel fire - Mackay; Fatal traffic incident - Annandale.

Saturday, 24

New comfit released on eighth anniversary of police shooting

Today marks the eighth anniversary of an armed robbery at Browns Plains where a police officer was shot.

Evening round up

Fatal, Gundiah; Fatal, Morseby; Stolen rugs charge, Burleigh

Police smash Brisbane drug ring

Police seized large quantities of cocaine, methyl amphetamine and MDMA(ecstasy) powder yesterday after searches at a number of homes in inner-Brisbane.

Morning round up

Armed robbery - Waterford; Arson charge, Proserpine; Hit and run - Chermside

Friday, 23

Armed robbery, Nundah

Truck rollover, traffic diversions - Narangba

Police are currently at the scene of a truck rollover on the Bruce Highway at Narangba, just north of the Frawley Avenue overpass.

Dangers of following too close, Ipswich Motorway

Goodna police will be out in force on the Ipswich Motorway in the coming weeks detecting motorists who recklessly follow other vehicles too closely.

Contamination threat under investigation

Queensland Police are investigating a contamination threat to the Matilda chain.

Morning round up

Fatal traffic incident, Giru; Robbery with violence, Aspley; Armed robbery, Redbank Plains

Thursday, 22

Afternoon round-up

Second man charged over assault, Lowood; Bag snatch, Macgregor

Vision released – IGA, Burleigh Heads

ATM card skimming device located

Fraud Squad detectives are investigating the location of a card-skimming device attached to a National Australia Bank (NAB) automatic teller machine (ATM) in Brisbane yesterday.

Search for man after warrant arrest

A police search is underway for 33-year-old Darren Anthony Francis who escaped custody last night.

Morning Round-up second edition

Leaflet warning - Deception Bay; Fatality - Dululu; Drug arrests - St George

Morning round up

Man dies after electrocution - Mission Beach

Wednesday, 21

Evening round-up

Fraud charge - Buderim; Update search for missing man - Bowen; Man charged over Lowood assault; Grievous bodily harm charge - Pimlico

Investigations continue into money theft, Brisbane

Police are appealing for the public’s assistance to help identify and locate two men who may have information about an incident in the City yesterday where a 92-year-old man had a large quantity of money stolen from him.

Man charged over alleged burglary at Bilinga

A 52-year-old man of no fixed address has been charged with a number of offences in relation to an alleged burglary at a house at Bilinga earlier this year.

Morning round-up

Armed robbery - Booval; Serious assault charge - Tully; Sexual assault charge Inala

Tuesday, 20

Evening Round-up

Drug Charges - Helensvale; Theft from 92-year-old - Brisbane; Death of child - west of Toowoomba.

Drug crop located, Helensvale

Police are in attendance at a residence in Helensvale where they have located a large hydroponics drug set-up.

Police applying to extradite man

Morning Round-up

Burglary charges - Tingalpa.

Monday, 19

Jewellery theft, South Bank

Police have released images of five people believed to have been involved in the theft of a large quantity of gold and silver jewellery on Saturday.

Search for missing man continues, Bowen

Morning round-up second edition

Arrest attempted robbery, Marsden; Fatal traffic incident, Tully

Morning Round-up

Armed robbery - Garbutt; Assault charges - Mt Isa; Business fire - Nerang.

Sunday, 18

Evening Round-up

Drowning - Noosa; Burglary with violence arrest - Centenary Heights.

Comfit released – Geebung car theft

Investigators have released a comfit of the man who is believed to have stolen a vehicle from a 25-year-old woman in Geebung yesterday.

Afternoon round-up

Drugs and weapons charges - Coomera; Dangerous driving charge - City; Light plane crash - Roma; Serious motorcycle crash - Mount Nebo

Missing Burleigh Heads man located

Police wish to advise missing Burleigh Heads man Noel Whittington was located safe and well this morning.

Morning Round-up Second edition

Assault charges - Toowoomba; Fall on to overhead lines - Wellington Point; Update to armed theft of car - Geebung

Cairns drug operation nets amphetamines and cash

Covert operation Foxtrot Banquet undertaken by detectives from the Far Northern Region (FNR) Drug Squad over the past month resulted in the seizure of a large quantity of methyl amphetamines and cash on Friday.

Surfers Paradise traffic operation

Morning Round-up

Update, fatal traffic incident - Moorooka; Grievous bodily harm - Lowood; Assault and robbery charges - Manoora.

Saturday, 17

Evening round up March 17

Fatal traffic incident - Moorooka; Computer warehouse robbery - West End; Jewellery theft - South Bank; Charges following burglary - Toowoomba; Grievous bodily harm charge - Blacks Beach.

Afternoon Round-up

Update to armed theft of car - Geebung; Injured pedestrian identified - Surfers Paradise

Comfit released - Cairns sexual assault

Police have released a comfit of a man who may be able to help them with their investigations into a sexual assault at Cairns this morning.

Missing person, Burleigh Heads

Anyone who may know the whereabouts of a 60-year-old man who was last seen on Thursday afternoon is asked to contact police.

Man armed with a screwdriver steals ute, Geebung

A man armed with a screwdriver stole a woman’s vehicle as she drove along Robinson Road, Geebung this morning.

Man charged - Kedron hit and run

A 24-year-old Chermside man has been charged following a hit and run at Kedron this morning.

Morning round up second edition

Fatal crash, Rasmussen - Townsville;Sexual assault, Cairns

Morning Round-up

Charges, house fire - Pine Mountain; Man charged after assault and robbery - Crestwood (Gold Coast); House fire - Eastern Heights; Pedestrian struck - Gold Coast; Apartment block evacuated - Cooloongatta; Pedestrian struck - Kedron.

Friday, 16

Evening round up March 16

Assault and robbery IGA - Molendinar; Further arrests over Surfers Paradise assault and robbery.

Afternoon round-up

Going armed to cause fear charge - Sunnybank Hills

Males charged – Surfers Paradise incidents

Two males have been charged over two separate incidents that occurred in Surfers Paradise in the early hours of this morning.

Police detain man and male youth – Surfers Paradise

Two males are assisting police with their inquiries following two separate incidents that occurred in Surfers Paradise overnight.

Attempted bag snatching incident, Bray Park

Police are investigating an attempted bag snatching incident at Bray Park today.

Drug charges, Nambour

Police have issued a 41-year-old man with a notice to appear following the discovery of a clandestine laboratory in Nambour yesterday afternoon.

Appeal for witnesses – Fatal traffic incident, Kenmore

Police are appealing for information from anyone who may have witnessed a traffic incident on Moggill Road in which a 33-year-old Bellbowrie man was killed on Wednesday night.

Child stealing charge, Brisbane

A 22-year-old Carina Heights man will appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court this morning charged with one count each of child stealing, possessing child exploitation material and break and enter.

Morning round up March 16

Serious assault - Surfers Paradise; Charges following stabbing - Toowoomba; Man arrested following crash - Nebo; Robbery - Underwood; Dental surgery robbed - Kedron; House fire - Pine Mountain.

Thursday, 15

Man charged with pharmacy break and enters, Ipswich area

A 29-year-old Laidley man has been charged in relation to a spate of break and enters in the Ipswich and Lockyer Valley areas.

Afternoon Round-up

Robbery - Riverhills.

Morning Round-up second edition

Armed robbery - Lutwyche; Assault police charges - South Brisbane; Attempted murder charge - Pialba.

Morning Round-up

Motorcyclist dies after collision, Kenmore; Alleged attempted murder, Pialba; Fatal car crash, Coopers Plains; Female tourist assaulted and robbed, Airlie Beach

Wednesday, 14

Motorcycle rider critical after crash

A 33-year-old man is in a critical condition after a two vehicle crash at Eagle Farm this afternoon.

Armed robbery, Coopers Plains – footage released

Police have released security footage of a man who could assist them in relation to an armed robbery at the 7-Eleven at Coopers Plains last month.

Missing man located, Mt Mee

Police wish to advise that a 76-year-old man who failed to return to his Redland bay home on Saturday night has been located.

Morning round up March 14

Driver seriously injured in fence crash - Nundah; Two northside chemists robbed; Suspected vehicle arson - Mango Hill.

Tuesday, 13

Evening Round-up

Fatal traffic incident - near Eidsvold; Attempted abduction - South Bank.

Stradbroke Island swimming enclosure net cut

Police are appealing for information to identify the offenders who cut a hole in a swimming net enclosure at a popular Stradbroke Island beach.

Concerns for missing woman from Georgetown

Police are concerned for the welfare of a 36-year-old woman who has gone missing in the Georgetown area.

Drug arrest – Surfers Paradise

A 30-year-old Nerang man is facing Southport Court today charged in relation to the discovery of a quantity of drugs and a large amount of money in a car at Surfers Paradise this morning.

Non-suspicious fire, Stafford Heights

Scientific examinations are continuing into the cause of a house fire at a Stafford Heights home this morning, where an 89-year-old man was located deceased.

Concerns for missing person Alan Boll

Police are concerned for the welfare of a 76-year-old man who has disappeared Saturday night.

Water tank charges, Ascot

Morning round up March 13

Motorcyclist injured in hit and run - Aspley; Water tank heist restricted by police - Ascot.

Monday, 12

Police appeal for witness of Darra traffic incident

Police are seeking assistance from the driver of a 4WD at the scene of last night’s fatal traffic incident in Darra.

Police urge motorists to drive responsibly

South Brisbane District police are appealing for motorists to drive sensibly following a number of reckless driving incidents over the weekend.

Launch of Operation Bounce Back

Operation Bounce Back is aimed at preventing vehicle theft in the Ipswich District and will be launched on March 15, in conjunction with the opening of the Orion Shopping Centre at Springfield Lakes.

Man’s death non-suspicious – Bilinga

Police believe the death of a man whose body was discovered in a Bilinga house last week is not suspicious.

Man charged over stabbing - Nerang

Man charged over stabbing, Nerang

Morning round-up

Serious motorcycle crash - Narangba; Subway armed robbery - Ashmore; Fatal - Darra; Stabbing - Nerang

Sunday, 11

Comfit released, South Bank incident

Police have released a comfit of a man who attempted to lure a five-year-old girl from a playground at South Bank parklands last night.

Morning round-up March 11

Man arrested on 60 charges - Stafford; Assault charge - Surfers Paradise; Serious two vehicle crash - Capalaba; Double fatality - Wyaralong near Boonah; Fatal - Biloela; Attempted abduction - South Brisbane; Break and enter - Ravenshoe; Attempted robbery - Carina; Armed robbery - Ipswich

Saturday, 10

Afternoon Round-up

Robbery with violence - Fortitude Valley; Fatality victim identified - Logan Village; Robbery with violence arrest - Hervey Bay.

Man extradited from Western Australia for sentencing

A man will appear in Cairns Magistrates Court on Monday after being extradited from Broome in Western Australia over the weekend.

Morning round-up second edition

Stone throwing - Woorabinda; Serious assault - Mooloolaba; Evade police arrest - Gold Coast; Arrest for grievous bodily harm - Townsville

Fatal motorcycle crash, Logan Village

Police are at the scene of a fatal motorcycle crash on Steele Road, Logan Village in which a man died.

Morning round-up March 10

Seven charged on counterfeit money and drug charges - Toowong; Fatal - Doomadgee; Fatal - South Brisbane; Five vehicle crash - Wishart; Robbery - Moorooka; Armed robbery BP Service Station - Loganholme

Friday, 9

Afternoon round up

Man chaged, Agnes Water; Missing man located, Maleny

Robbery – Rothwell News

Police are appealing for the public to contact Crime Stoppers with any information they have in relation to a robbery at Rothwell News, Rothwell last month.

Morning Round up second edition

Pedestrian hit - Agnes Water; Unlawful carnal knowledge - North Tamborine; Sexual assault arrest - Townsville

Morning round-up March 9

Armed robbery charge - Thornlands; Drug charges - Booval

Thursday, 8

Insufficient evidence Dr Darren Keating

The Queensland Police Service has found insufficient evidence to proceed with any prosecution of Dr Darren Keating, the former Bundaberg Base Hospital’s Director of Medical Services, for allegations of supplying false or misleading information to the Medical Board of Queensland.

Evening round-up

Arrest drink drive, Blackbutt

Investigation of sexual assault - Nundah

Kidnapping charge, Acacia Ridge

A 35-year-old Coopers Plains man will appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court tomorrow following the alleged abduction of a 33-year-old woman from Acacia Ridge last night.

Missing woman found

A woman who had not been seen since a domestic incident at Acacia Ridge last night was found safe and well a short time ago.

Cows forced to be put down by police

Police were today forced to shoot three seriously injured cows that had fallen off the back of a livestock truck heading from the Gold Coast to a Brisbane abattoir.

Subway safe theft – Mt Ommaney

Police are appealing to the public to come forward with any information they may have in relation to a man who is believed to be responsible for four break and enters at various shops in south east Queensland this year.

Concerns for missing woman, Acacia Ridge

Police are searching for a woman who has not been seen since a domestic incident at Acacia Ridge last night.

Morning round-up

Armed robbery and bomb hoax charge, Toowoomba; Arrests clandestine drug laboratory, Kenilworth;Fatal traffic incident, Gailes

Wednesday, 7

Evening round up March 7

Missing man located - North Stradbroke Island; Fatal - Bundaberg; Update Cornubia fatal

Search for missing North Stradbroke Island man

Police are currently conducting a land and air search of North Stradbroke Island to locate a 52-year-old man who has been missing since this morning.

Sexual assault, Mackay

Police are investigating the sexual assault of a 35-year-old woman in North Mackay about 2am today.

Afternoon round-up

Unlawful use of motor vehicle, Aurukun

Sexual Assault – Parkwood

Sexual Assault - Parkwood

Man charged over “Aladdin’s Cave” of property

A 43-year-old man has been charged over the alleged discovery of an “Aladdin’s Cave” of suspected stolen property at a storage shed business at Slacks Creek on Monday.

Update - Baby found - Surfers Paradise

Morning round-up

Truck rollover, Deeral; Update, search for man, Wynnum

Tuesday, 6

Evening round up March 6

Grievous bodily harm charge - City; Search for man - Wynnum

Police seek owners of jewellery

After two-and-a-half years of searching, Ingham police are making a final attempt to locate the owner or owners of a number of pieces of valuable jewellery and gemstones believed to be stolen property.

Baby left in toilet cubicle, Surfers Paradise

Police are seeking public assistance to locate the mother of a new born baby boy that was discovered in a toilet cubicle at Surfers Paradise yesterday morning.

Morning Round-up. Second edition

Robbery with violence arrest - Upper Mount Gravatt; Wilful damage - Taringa; Dangerous operation of a vehicle arrest - Woombye; Armed robbery - Brisbane City; Armed robbery - Marsden.

Morning round-up

Arrest attempted murder, Gladstone; Traffic incident, Minden

Monday, 5

Evening Round-up

Attempted armed robbery - Kedron; Escape custody charges - Charleville.

Escapee back in custody, Charleville

A man who escaped from the Charleville Watchhouse last night is back in police custody.

Morning Round-up Second edition

Rape charge - Kirwan; Arrest follows crash on to railway lines - Wooloowin

Escape from custody, Charleville

Police are searching for a 23-year-old man who escaped from the Charleville Watchhouse last night.

Rape charges, Caboolture

A 23-year-old Caboolture man has been charged following an incident at the Caboolture Sports Club yesterday.

Morning Round-up

Suspected arson - Depot Hill (Rockhampton); Grievous bodily harm arrest - Southbank.

Sunday, 4

Evening round-up

Arrests house fire, Edmonton; Search and Rescue, Cunningham’s Gap

Afternoon round-up

Suspicious fire, Ashmore; Bag snatch arrests, Fortitude Valley

Morning Round-up

Balcony railing collapse - Cannonvale; Armed robbery - Southport; Fatal drag car incident - Willowbank; Suspicious house fire - North Rockhampton; Robbery and assault - Bungalow (Cairns); Deceased man - Main Beach; Fatal traffic incident - Elanora.

Saturday, 3

Suspicious death arrest, City Botanical Gardens

A 36-year-old man has been arrested following the suspicious death of a man in the City Botanic Gardens this morning.

Morning round-up, second edition

Pursuit charges - Kingston; Brawl arrests - Mount Morgan

Morning Round-up

Suspicious house fire - Edmonton; Suspicious death - City Botanical Gardens; Sexual assault arrest - Fortitude Valley.

Friday, 2

Evening round-up

Armed robbery - Woodridge; Traffic crash - Herston

Ferny Hills sexual assault

A man wearing blue boardshorts and sunglasses sexually assaulted a 52-year-old woman in the Brisbane Forest Park at Ferny Hills this evening.

Fatal crash, Currumbin Valley

Police are at the scene of a single vehicle traffic crash in the Currumbin Valley in which one man has died.

Afternoon Round-up

Attempted armed robbery - Logan Central; Rape arrest - Wooloowin

Serious assault of elderly woman, Fortitude Valley

Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a man who stole an elderly woman’s walking stick before spitting in her face.

Police target hooning activity Yatala

Police from the Gold Coast, Logan and Brisbane joined forces with Queensland Transport overnight to target ‘hooning activity’ in the Yatala industrial area.

Australian Police Golf Championships held at Gold Coast

Over 300 serving and retired police officers along with patrons from around Australia will converge on the Gold Coast next week as part of the Australian Police Golf Championships being run from 4 until 9 March 2007.

Morning Round-up second edition

Armed robbery - East Brisbane; Attempted murder charge - Rockhampton

Morning round-up

Arson charge - Withcott; Serious traffic incident - Rockhampton; Attempted murder - Charleville; Serious assault - Rockhampton; Traffic crash - Sunshine Coast; Armed robbery - Waterford West:

Fatal crash, Helensvale

Police are at the scene of a two vehicle crash at Helensvale which has left one person dead.

Thursday, 1

Man charged over Yeerongpilly sexual assault

Detectives from the Inala Child Protection Investigation Unit have charged a 29-year-old man in relation to the sexual assault of a teenage girl at her home at Yeerongpilly in December last year.

Deceased man identified, Sandgate

Police investigating the death of a man whose body was located in Bramble Bay off Sandgate yesterday have positively identified him as a 28-year-old Nepalese national who had been living and working in the Logan area.

Witness appeal attempted robbery, Rockhampton

Police are seeking two witnesses to an attempted robbery which occurred on February 9 at Rockhampton.

Cereal contamination believed to be isolated

Queensland Police believe a report of a foreign substance located in a box of cereal at a Southport supermarket late yesterday may be an isolated incident.

Cannabis crop located in National Park

Three men will appear in court today charged following the discovery of several large drug crops in a National Park near Gin Gin.

Morning Round-up second edition

Sexual assault - Highgate Hill; Armed robbery - Withcott; Suspicious fire - Withcott

Morning round-up

Fatal motorcycle crash - Laidley; Robbery - Beenleigh; Assault and robbery - Rockhampton; Pedestrian injured - Mareeba; Arrest after pursuit - Ipswich; Truck crash - Brisbane:

Last updated 22/12/2006