Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and is observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting (sawm) and deep reflection for Muslims and an estimated 600,000 Muslims in Australia are observing Ramadan. Officers from the Gateway Crime Prevention Unit will be attending the Friday prayers during the month of Ramadan at […]
Category: Queensland Police News – Brisbane North
Fatal traffic crash, Warner
Police are investigating a fatal traffic crash that occurred in Warner overnight. Initial information suggests that a car was travelling on Kremzow Road when it crashed into a tree at 10.20pm. The male driver and sole occupant of the car was pronounced deceased at the scene. The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating. If you […]
Break and enter, Strathpine
Detectives are investigating after a shopping centre was broken into earlier this morning in Strathpine. Investigations to date have revealed that a man broke into a shopping centre on Gympie Road shortly before 5.30am when he smashed a glass door. Once inside, the man then smashed the glass display window of a jewellery shop and […]
Sandgate crime wrap
Burglaries The total number of burglaries in the North Gateway Patrol Group these past 21 days was 13. Suburb Street Time Entry Method Property Stolen Date Deagon Biarra Street Day Patio area Tools 11/04/2019 Deagon Braun Street Evening Smash glass Nil 23/4/2019 Brighton Wickham Street Evening Patio area Two chairs 12/04/2019 Brighton Dunne Street Evening […]
Armed robbery and deprivation of liberty, Mango Hill
Police are investigating after two armed men confronted a woman and forced her into a vehicle before robbing her in Mango Hill yesterday afternoon (May 2). The 65-year-old local woman was walking along Halpine Drive at around 3pm when a white Ford sedan, possibly an older style Falcon, pulled up alongside her. A male passenger […]
Police issue urgent warning following QPS phone number used in scam
Detectives from the State Crime Command’s Financial and Cyber Crime Group have issued a warning to Queensland residents about a scam using a Queensland Police Service phone number to legitimise a government or Australian Taxation Office (ATO) impersonation scam. In this instance the criminals are using a practice known as caller ID spoofing where they […]
Mates in Blue help steer youth in right direction
Last month, the Public Safety Response Team (PSRT) conducted the second Mates in Blue program at the Queensland Police Service Academy in Brisbane. The Mates in Blue program is a joint Queensland Government partnership initiative, initiated and developed by Acting Inspector Tony Del Vecchio and Regional Youth Support Coordinator Ms Vicki Ogilvie from the Queensland […]
Join us for a coffee in Zillmere
Coffee with a Cop is on again in Zillmere this Friday! Coffee with a Cop is a Queensland Police Service initiate that brings police and the community together for a chat over a cup of coffee, tea, hot chocolate, chai – whatever your beverage of choice. Come and join members of the Queensland Police Service […]
Can you reunite this ring with its owner?
Can you help police to identify the owner of a piece of jewellery found at a property in Nundah on Brisbane’s Northside? The ring was discovered by the occupants of an address while cleaning a room under the house on Surrey Street, Nundah. The owners of the home have lived at the address for decades […]
Appeal for witnesses – traffic crash, Kenmore
Police investigating a two-vehicle crash at Kenmore on Wednesday, April 24 are appealing for witnesses and for dashcam footage. Investigations indicate a red Ducati Scrambler motorcycle was stationary at a set of traffic lights on Moggill Road, at the intersection with Margaret Court at around 8.30am, when it was struck from behind by a white […]