Riding without a seatbelt is far from a ‘cheap’ thrill when you’re dealing with potential costs of life and safety – not to mention a $391 fine. Whether you’re a driver or passenger you must by law wear your seatbelt in a vehicle. If you don’t, you face a fine of $391 and three demerit […]
Category: Latest Queensland Police News
Ethical Standards Command investigation into Coochin Creek deaths
The Queensland Police Service (QPS) is conducting an ongoing internal investigation into the circumstances leading up to the death of a child and man located at Coochin Creek on Wednesday. The investigation will examine all aspects of the police response and will report to the Coroner. The QPS Ethical Standards Command (ESC) investigation will be […]
Stolen Vehicle Hot List for week ending 8th February
Sunshine Coast Police are asking members of the public to assist in locating the stolen motor vehicles listed below. If a vehicle on the list is sighted please call Policelink 131 444– do not try to intercept the vehicle. We would also like to remind everyone to ensure that their vehicles are left secured at […]
Gift vouchers used to pay ATO scammer
Police are asking the community to remain vigilant and remember that no government organisation, particularly the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will seek payment via gift vouchers. Police around the state have received a number of reports about ‘scammers’ calling members of the public and threatening arrest warrants if they refuse to repay a tax debt. […]
Sudden deaths, Coochin Creek
A crime scene has been declared at Coochin Creek after two people were located deceased in a vehicle this morning. Around 8am, a man and a child were located deceased inside the vehicle at the Roys Road camping ground. Their bodies are yet to be formally identified. At this stage, detectives are treating the death […]
Juveniles charged, Sunshine Coast
Two boys have been charged after stolen cars were allegedly driven at speed before crashing on the Sunshine Coast overnight. It will be alleged that just before midnight police observed a Suzuki Vitara stolen from Kippa Ring on February 4 travelling along the Bruce Highway through Coochin Creek with a ute that had also been […]
Argos appeal to parents on Safer Internet Day 2019
This morning the Minister for Police and Corrective Services Mark Ryan MP joined the Queensland Police Service to deliver an important message to all parents, caregivers and educators as part of Safer Internet Day. “The investigators within Queensland Police Service’s Argos and child protection officers across the state do a job not many of us […]
Update: Shooting, Meridan Plains
Police have charged a man following the alleged shooting of a man at Meridan Plains on Thursday, January 31. It will be alleged around 11.30am an altercation occurred between two men who are known to each other on Meridan Way. During the altercation one man received a single gun shot wound to the hip. The […]
Assault investigation, Sunshine Coast
Police are seeking public assistance following an assault that occurred yesterday in Curramore. Around 2pm, a 40-year-old man was at an address on Curramore Road when it is believed he became involved in an altercation with another man. During this altercation, the 40-year-old sustained what is believed to be a gunshot wound to his mouth. […]
Update: Armed robberies, Nambour and Caloundra
Detectives yesterday charged a man following information been supplied to Crime Stoppers after two Sunshine Coast chemists were robbed in early January. Police released vision of a man on January 10 seeking public assistance to help locate a man following an armed robbery in Nambour. It will be alleged a man entered a pharmacy on […]