BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 24 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are seeking urgent public assistance to help locate Daniel Smith (pictured) who has been missing from Jimboomba since yesterday, December 23. Daniel was last sighted around 8.15am, at a Cooper Crescent address and has not contacted family since. He is described as having slim build, approximately 170cm tall, with black hair and brown eyes. He may be driving a black Suzuki Swift, Queensland r...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 24 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police have released vision as they investigate an armed robbery at a business at Underwood this morning, December 24. Initial investigations indicate that around 5.40am a man attended the Compton Road business armed with a firearm and demanded money. An amount of cash was obtained by the man before he left the scene. No one was physically injured in the incident. Anyone who has any information ab...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 23 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: An Afghanistan-born man is set to appear before Melbourne Magistrates' Court today (Monday, 23 December, 2024) charged with allegedly failing to comply with his visa-mandated curfew conditions. The AFP charged the man, 34, on 23 December, 2024, after he was located in Melbourne. It will be alleged the man breached a condition of his Commonwealth visa on Friday, 20 December, 2024, by failing to abide by hi...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 23 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force Editor's note:Image available via Hightail A Japanese man appeared before Perth Magistrates Court yesterday (22 December, 2024) charged after allegedly importing 9kg of methamphetamine into Australia. ABF officers allegedly detected the drugs on Saturday 21 December, 2024, after selecting the man, 32, for a bag...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 23 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Video of AFP Forensics solving a Christmas mystery and elf facefit image available via Hightail The AFP is urging members of the public to be on the lookout for an elf suspected of causing Christmas chaos in homes and workplaces across Australia, with forensic experts releasing a 'facefit' composition to help track him down. The AFP Facial Identification Team has constructed an image of the f...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 23 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating following a fatal traffic crash in Owanyilla yesterday morning, December 22. Around 4.10am, a motorcyclist was travelling on the Bruce Highway near Petersen Road when he struck a horse. A 46-year-old New South Wales man sustained critical injuries and died at the scene. Investigations into the circumstances are continuing. Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndicat...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 23 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: A man has been charged following an alleged stabbing in Ipswich overnight, December 23. At approximately 12.35am, there was a physical altercation between two men at a Bergin Street address in Booval. One of the men sustained a stab wound to his abdomen and arm during the altercation. Both parties are believed to be known to each other. The victim, a 58-year-old Alexandra Hills man, was transporte...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 23 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Emergency crews have been kept busy over the past week, responding to multiple flood-related incidents across Queensland. In a recent incident, three juvenile girls, aged between 13-years-old and 14-years-old had been reportedly swimming with a group of other children in the flooded Barron River just after 5pm on December 22, when they became trapped. They sought refuge in a tree which was surrounde...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 22 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the AFP and Australian Border Force Editor's note: Images and videos available via Hightail The AFP has identified a recent trend which has resulted in the seizure of over one tonne of cocaine hidden within refrigerated shipping containers during the past two years. The AFP and the Australian Border Force (ABF) are aware of criminal syndicates hiding cocaine in refrig...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 22 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Detectives from Bayside Criminal Investigation Branch with assistance from the Crime and Intelligence Command have charged a 17-year-old boy in relation to a number of alleged property crime offences across Cleveland and Wynnum. The teenager was arrested at an Acacia Ridge address this morning and is facing more than 10 charges including enter premises and commit indictable offence, and unlawful use ...