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April

Thursday, 30
Evening Round-up
Fatal motorcycle crash - Park Ridge South; Further murder arrest - Edmonton; Dangerous operation arrest - Gladstone; Robbery with violence arrests - Cairns.

Morning Round-up
Robbery with violence - Zillmere; Firearm charge - Gold Coast.

Wednesday, 29
Evening round-up
Update, fatal traffic crash, near South Kolan; Results, traffic operation, Runaway Bay; Armed robbery, Nundah; Serious crash, Abbotsford via South Kolan; Assault police, Chermside

Afternoon Round-up
Robbery with violence arrest, Eight Mile Plains; Double fatal crash, Bundaberg Gin Gin Road

Pedestrian struck, Nikenbah
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a crash involving a pedestrian and a vehicle, which occurred at Nikenbah overnight.

Tuesday, 28
Evening round-up
Robbery with violence, Redbank; Fatal crash, Beechmont; Suspected arson, Sunnybank; Serious crash, Southport; Attempted armed robbery, Sunnybank Hills

Afternoon Round-up
Robbery with violence charge, Geebung,House fire, Deagon,Update, fatal crash, Wamuran

Morning round-up
Fatal crash, Cootharaba; Armed robbery, Acacia Ridge; Update, fatal crash, Mareeba; Truck rollover, Eaton Range, west of Mackay; Grievous bodily harm charge, South Brisbane

Monday, 27
Numerous armed robbery charges, Pine Rivers
Police have charged a 19-year-old Murrumba Downs man with six counts of armed robbery following a string of robberies committed throughout the Pine Rivers area over the past year.

Morning round-up
Armed robbery, Springfield; Robbery, Toombul; House fire, Helensvale; Armed robbery, Marsden; Chemist break-in, Alderley; Traffic crash, Ashmore

Sunday, 26
Evening round up
Update – attempted murder charges, Collingwood Park; Traffic crash, Broadbeach; Update – missing person, Lance Sobieralski

Critical injuries, Collingwood Park
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding an incident at Collingwood Park that resulted in critical injuries to a young boy.

Morning round-up second edition
Officer spat on, Coolangatta; Update, stabbing, Gympie; Robbery with violence, Brisbane City; Armed robbery, Tugun; Non-suspicious fire, Blackwater; Wounding incident, Surfers Paradise

Morning round-up
Update, charges, fatal crash, Beachmere; Stabbing, Gympie; Fire, Sugarloaf via Stanthorpe; Update, missing bushwalkers, Brookfield; Armed robbery, Kallangur; Body located, Cleveland; Burglary, Wynnum; Armed robbery, Woodridge

Saturday, 25
Evening round up
Location of human remains, Westlake; Rescue of bushwalkers, Brookfield; Car into house, Boronia Heights

Fatal crash, Beachmere
Police are currently at the scene of a fatal crash on Morton Terrace involving a car and a motorcycle.

Afternoon Round-up
Update - Fatal crash - Coomera; Pedestrians struck - Redcliffe.

Morning round up
Update, attempted murder charges, Kenmore; Serious traffic crash, Dalby; Armed robbery, Nerang/Broadbeach Road, Gold Coast

Friday, 24
Evening round-up
Woman injured, Kenmore; Update, fatal crash, Wamuran; Update, search and rescue, Cole Reef (Whitsundays); Update, search and rescue, Torres Strait; House fire, Tara

Murder arrest, Cairns
Detectives from Operation Hotel Tennant this afternoon arrested a 25-year-old Cairns man and charged him with one count of murder.

Afternoon round-up
Fatal crash - Wamuran; Murder arrest - Toowoomba; Officer wounded while rescuing a baby - Manly West.

Thursday, 23
Evening Round-up
Further arrests, Operation Nape/Peppe; Update, charges, officer injured, Moorooka; Marine search for missing man continuing, Cole Reef; Threatening violence, Ipswich; Update, Fraser Island fatal crash

Murder arrests, Cairns
Following an intensive three month investigation by Cairns detectives, the State Homicide Squad and the State Flying Squad from State Crime Operations Command, a Mareeba man and woman, aged 29 and 39, have been charged with murder.

National OMCG drug arrests
Queensland Police, South Australia Police, Western Australia Police and police from the Australian Capital Territory today conducted 49 raids throughout the country.

Officer struck by motorcycle, Moorooka
A 47-year-old Warwick man is currently being interviewed by police after a senior constable was hit by a motorcycle at Moorooka this afternoon.

Unsecured homes at risk to thieves
Metropolitan North Region police are urging residents to lock all doors and windows and avoid becoming complacent about their home security.

Scam alert - fraudsters targeting online car sales
Queensland Police are issuing a warning to the public following recent reports of fraudsters targeting victims selling and buying cars online.

Morning round-up
Serious traffic crash - Wondai; Marine search for missing man - Cole Reef; Assault charges - Goodna; Drug charges - Dimbulah.

Wednesday, 22
Fatal crash, Mutdapilly
Officers from the Forensic Crash Unit continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding a fatal crash which occurred earlier today.

Afternoon Round-up
Fatal motorbike crash - Ferny Hills; Woman injured during attempted robbery - Mermaid Beach; Robbery - Glamorgan Vale (Ipswich); Fail to report to police - Toowoomba; Truck roll over - Noosaville

Robbery, Ormeau
Police have released CCTV images following the robbery of a supermarket at Ormeau yesterday.

Morning round-up
Robbery with violence - Kangaroo Point; Update - Serious crash - Waterford West; Drug charges - Bundaberg.

Tuesday, 21
Robbery of taxi driver, Kedron
Police believe the three people pictured below may be able to assist them with their investigations into an alleged robbery of a taxi driver at Kedron last year.

Afternoon Round-up
Armed Robbery - Ormeau; Robbery charges - Victoria Point

Armed robbery, Rochedale South
Police have released CCTV images after the armed robbery of the Rochedale General Store on April 19.

Morning Round-up
Rape charges - Rosslea (Townsville);B oomgate delays - Bracken Ridge

Monday, 20
Evening Round-up
Armed robbery charge - Yeppoon; Suspicious house fire - Eight Mile Plains; Update, suspicious fire - Sunnybank; Serious crash - Dirranbandi (near St George); Inappropriate behaviour - Indooroopilly

Afternoon Round-up
Traffic crash - Yeerongpilly; Burglary - Boonah; Robbery - Boronia Heights; Jewellery store robbery - Capalaba; Police investigating sexual assault - Mermaid Beach.

Fire, Sunnybank Shopping Centre
Police and Queensland Fire and Rescue Service are currently at a fire at Sunnybank Plaza on the corner of Main Road and McCullough Street, Sunnybank.

Armed robbery, Newstead
Police have released CCTV images following the armed robbery of a liquor store last night.

Morning Round-up
Fatal traffic incident - Willows (Rockhampton); Armed robbery - Newstead; Search and rescue - Rainbow Beach

Sunday, 19
Evening round-up
Stolen ATM located - Logan Village; Stolen ATM located - Logan Village; Armed hold-up - Rochedale South; Suspicious house fire - Shailer Park

Theft of the Tree of Knowledge branches
Police have charged four people with stealing following the theft of two branches from the Tree of Knowledge in Barcaldine overnight.

Afternoon round-up
Theft of an ATM - Ormeau; Armed robbery - Moorooka; Enter with intent and assault - Deception Bay; Sexual assault - Ipswich; Grievous bodily harm - Halifax.

Morning round-up
Suspicious vehicle fires - Bundaberg; Grievous bodily harm arrest - North Cairns

Friday, 17
Evening Round-up
Drugs charges - Bundaberg; Traffic incident - Mount Barney

Armed robbery, Victoria Point
Police are appealing for information to an armed robbery at the Bendigo Bank on Colburn Avenue around 10.15am.

Morning Round-up
Armed robbery - Mackay; Suspicious house fire - Wynnum; Update, suspicious shop fire - Inala

Thursday, 16
Evening round-up
Armed robbery arrests - Gold Coast; Manslaughter arrest - Woodridge; Shop fire - Inala

Illegal Prostitution Operation, Toowoomba
Illegal Prostitution Operation, Toowoomba

Morning round up, second edition
Armed robbery, Alexandra Hills; Obstruct police charges, Virginia; Stabbing, Nambour

Morning Round-up
Serious traffic crash - Belmont; Armed robbery - Manunda (Cairns); House fire - Forest Glen

Wednesday, 15
Evening Round-up
Fatal traffic incident - Kenmore; Arrest and charges - Wynnum

Armed robbery, Logan
Police are appealing for public assistance in locating the man responsible for an armed robbery at Caltex Service Station at Logan Central on Sunday night, April 12.

Fatal diving incident, Gold Coast
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal diving incident near Main Beach on the Gold Coast this afternoon.

Update - missing girl located, Caboolture
The body of missing 12-year-old girl, was located this afternoon.

Morning round-up second edition
Search continues - Caboolture; Car swept into flood water - Gympie

Morning round-up
Emergency landing, Oakey: Vehicle into unit, Tanah Merah (Logan District):

Tuesday, 14
Afternoon Round-up
Theft of pill press - Carole Park; Update – missing girl - Caboolture

Morning Round-up
Assault and robbery, Beenleigh: Heavy rain, North Brisbane, Sunshine Coast

Monday, 13
Evening round-up
Update – missing girl, Caboolture Single vehicle crash, Caboolture:

Afternoon round-up
Fatal - Haigslea; Update - police car rammed Elanora; Update - armed robbery Caltex Logan; Drink drive evade police - Brisbane City; Marine incident - Port Lytton

Morning Round-up
Unarmed robbery, East Brisbane: Armed robbery, Logan Central

Sunday, 12
Morning round-up second edition
Double fatality near Mackay; Armed robbery - Mermaid Beach; Arson charges - Redbank Plains; Update search and rescue Bryden (Esk); Unlawful wounding - North Rockhampton; Suspicious fire - New Farm

Morning Round-up
Police car rammed, Elanora; Update, fatal traffic crash, Coopers Plains; Search and rescue, Bryden (Esk; Attempted armed robbery, North Rockhampton; Arson, Raceview

Saturday, 11
Fatal traffic crash, Coopers Plains
Police are currently at the scene of a fatal traffic crash on Henley Street at Coopers Plains.

Afternoon Round-up
Burglary charges - Gladstone; Building fire - Ravenshoe; Attempted murder, Burketown

Morning Round up
Drug charges, Currumbin: Police have charged a 51-year-old man with drug related offences after a search warrant was executed around 3.10pm today. Police searched a residence on Pacific Parade at Currumbin and allegedly located a quantity of white powder, believed to be Heroin, and a quantity of cash. The man is due to face Southport Magistrates Court today charged with one count each of produce a dangerous drug, supply a dangerous drug and possession of a utensil, and two counts of possession of a dangerous drug and obstruct police.

Friday, 10
Evening Round-up
Police rescue drowning swimmer, Shorncliffe: Bank robbery charges, Burpengary: Fire, Fairylands (Chinchilla): Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle charges, Glasshouse: Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle charges, Glasshouse

Fatal crash, Palmwoods
Police are currently at the scene of a fatal traffic crash on Old Palmwoods Road at Palmwoods.

Dangerous operation of a vehicle, Gold Coast
Police are appealing for information to help identify and locate a person driving a yellow Holden Monaro along Gooding Drive in Merrimac this afternoon.

Afternoon Round-up
Robbery - Burpengary; Burglary - Ipswich; Dangerous driving - Carindale; Drink driver - dangerous operation of motor vehicle - Moranbah;

Taskforce Hydra arrest
Officers from the State Crime Operations Command OMCG Taskforce Hydra and the Sunshine Coast Tactical Crime Squad today arrested a 44-year-old man in Blackbutt after he was allegedly located in possession of firearms.

Morning Round-up second edition
Suspicious fire - Slacks Creek;

Easter Road Safety Campaign
Easter Road Safety Campaign

Morning round up
Serious traffic crash, Eagleby; Boat fire, Southport; Assault and robbery, Knagaroo Point; Attempted armed robbery, Arana Hills; Robbery, Indooroopilly; Robbery with violence, Miami; robbery with violence, Mermain Beach; Armed robbery, West Burleigh

Thursday, 9
Body located, South Stradbroke
Police have recovered the body of a male off South Stradbroke Island early this morning.

Morning Round-up
Fatal crash, Inala; Fatal industrial incident, Emerald; Armed robbery, Lutwyche; Armed person, Beerwah; House fire, Bonogin (near Surfers Paradise); Crash closes motorway, Nerang

Wednesday, 8
Evening Round-up
Serious Traffic Crash, Mackay; Attempted robbery, Boyne Island (Gladstone); Serious traffic crash, Slacks Creek

Morning Round-up second edition
Homicide investigation, Toowoomba; Search continues for missing fisherman; Serious Crash, Gin Gin

Morning Round-up
Armed hold-up, Merrimac; Attempted armed robbery, Palm Beach

Tuesday, 7
Capalaba incident
Police are appealing to anyone who may have information about an incident at Capalaba on February 6.

Monday, 6
Police link armed robberies on Brisbane’s northside
Police are investigating a possible link in a spate of robberies that have occurred in the north Brisbane area during the past 12 months.

Afternoon round-up
Car into house - Buderim; Search continues - Moreton Island

SARCIS charge couple with fraud – Beaudesert
Detectives from the Forest Hill Stock and Rural Crime Investigation Squad (SARCIS) have solved a two and a half-year-old investigation resulting in two people being charged with fraud.

Morning round up, second edition
AMENDMENT - Bikies charged, Gold Coast; Update - Search and Rescue, North Point

Morning round-up
Armed hold-up - Murrumba Downs; Bikies charged - Gold Coast; Burglary involving armed men - Cleveland; Burglary with violence - Edmonton

Sunday, 5
Afternoon round-up
Fatal traffic incident - Labrador; Three police officers spat on - Surfers Paradise; Men charged following assault on police officer - Emerald; Search and rescue - North Point

Morning round-up
Armed hold-up - Windsor; Robbery - Albion; Robbery - Albion; Grievous bodily harm arrest - Maryborough

Saturday, 4
Localised flooding, Brisbane area
Heavy rainfall in the Brisbane area this evening is keeping police and emergency service personnel busy.

Evening Round-up
Unlawful wounding, Palm Island; Localised flooding, Brisbane, Gold Coast areas; Fatal motorcycle crash, Gracemere (near Rockhampton)

Afternoon Round-up
Attempted ATM robbery, Upper Coomera; Unarmed robbery, Manoora (Cairns); Suspicious package, Morningside; Update, Search for missing woman, Kin Kin

Morning Round-up
Attempted murder charge, Bulimba; Four pedestrians injured, Airlie Beach; Double fatal, Townsville; Localised flooding, Brisbane area; Truck loses load, North Rockhampton

Woman feared swept away, Kin Kin
Police and SES personnel will resume searching the vicinity of Six Mile Creek today for an elderly woman who is missing after her car was swept away during Thursday’s severe storms.

Friday, 3
Evening round-up
Armed person arrest - Coombabah; Traffic incident - Aspley; Stolen car, evade police arrest - Currimundi

Four charged in Wide Bay extortion operation
Four people have been charged this morning as a result of an operation targeting the alleged extortion of business owners in the Maryborough and Hervey Bay area.

Afternoon round-up
Man charged with enter with intent - Calamvale; Man dies in hopsital - Brisbane; Appeal for information – serious assault, Petrie

Police link armed robberies
Police are appealing for information to two overnight armed robberies that they believe are linked by the same offender.

Morning Round-up
Armed robbery, Bowen; Building fire, Tennyson; Armed robbery, Ayr; Update – flooding Sunshine Coast

Update – flash flooding, Sunshine Coast
Continuous heavy rainfall in the Sunshine Coast District has kept police and emergency services busy.

Thursday, 2
Evening Round-up
Missing girl located; Armed robbery - Wynnum; Helicopter Crash - Proserpine; Fatal crash - Maryborough.

Afternoon Round-up
Wilful damage - Rockhampton; Appeal for assistance - Gladstone; Fatal Crash, Toowoomba

Police officer stood down
A Sergeant from Metro North Region has been stood down with pay pending the outcome of a disciplinary hearing.

Road advice for commuters in the North Coast area
Police would like to advise of the following road closures due to flash flooding in the north coast area.

Traffic delays – Brisbane CBD
Queensland Police have advised that significant traffic delays could occur around the Brisbane Central Business District (CBD) and Suncorp Stadium areas tomorrow evening.

Morning Round-up
Serious crash, Maryborough; Unlawful wounding, Fortitude Valley; Appeal for witnesses, Aspley; Jack-knifed truck, Redbank Plains

Wednesday, 1
Evening Round-up
Fatal Crash update - Toowoomba; Operation Redfin results; Break and enter - Marburg

Afternoon Round-up
Drink driver - Deception Bay; Assault of taxi driver - Labrador.

Fatal crash, Toowoomba
Police are currently at the scene of a fatal crash that occurred in Toowoomba this afternoon.

New scam targets computer users
The Queensland Police Service has issued a warning about a new scam targeting computer users.

Morning Round-up
Armed robbery - Sunnybank Hills; Burglary and arson, Kawana - North Rockhampton; Traffic Incident - Broadbeach.

Last Updated: 27/10/2009