Media Release
Morning roundup February 20
Fatal crash, Langsure (Gympie): Police and emergency service workers are at the scene of a single vehicle rollover. Shortly before 2am a vehicle has rolled over and ended up down an embankment off Heathcote Road which is the dirt road. A male died in the crash. Note: No further details are available at this time. Further information will be provided as it becomes known.
Robbery with violence, Boronia Heights: Police investigations are continuing into a robbery with violence yesterday. Around 4.20pm a man entered a supermarket on Parklands Drive, selected an item from the shelves and went to the counter. The man threw some money on the counter and the store attendant picked up the cash and opened the register. At this time the man reached over grabbing the cash drawer and hitting the attendant in the forehead with an object in his hand. The man fled the store with the cash drawer. The store attendant required first aid only for a small contusi9on to his head. The man is described as Caucasian, in his later 20s to early 30s with a proportionate build, dark short cropped hair and a goatee beard and moustache. He was wearing a dark coloured long sleeved t-shirt, dark board shorts and thongs.
Anyone with information which could assist police with their investigations should contact Crime Stoppers anonymously via 1800 333 000 or crimestoppers.com.au 24hrs a day. Crime Stoppers is a charitable community volunteer organisation working in partnership with the Queensland Police Service.
Arrest over stolen pharmaceuticals, Salisbury: A 28-year-old man will appear in the Richlands Magistrates Court today charged over the break and enter of a warehouse last December. Around 6am on December 2, two people allegedly broke into an Ainsworth Street business and stole a quantity of cold and flu tablets. Extensive investigations led police to an Inala address where they located the man. He will face charges of enter premises and commit an indictable offence, unlawful possession of a weapon, three charges of unlawful possession of dangerous drugs, namely cannabis, lysergic acid and pseudo ephedrine, possession of property and possession of utensils.
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