Police have charged a 28-year-old man following the alleged armed robbery of a convenience store at Cotton Tree on Sunday night. It will be alleged around 7.30pm a man threatened an employee with a knife before stealing a sum of cash from the till. No one was physically injured during the incident. A 28-year-old man […]
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Armed robbery, Caloundra
Police are searching for a man who held up a coffee shop at Caloundra last night. Just before 9pm, a man armed with a tomahawk, threatened staff at the Park Place store, demanding they handover cash from the till. The employee complied and the man fled with a sum of cash. No one was physically […]
Sunshine Coast community honour police
Around 200 people joined police at Kawana Surf Club today to celebrate National Police Remembrance Day at the Sunshine Coast Police District Service. Since its inception in 1989, National Police Remembrance Day has been a day for Australians to pause and honour members of the Police family whose lives have been lost whilst serving our […]
Stolen Vehicle Hot List, Week Ending September 28
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 ‘000’ – do not try to intercept the vehicle. We would also like to remind everyone to ensure that their vehicles are left secured at all […]
Mounted Unit help Sunshine Coast Police patrol school holiday hotspots
Operation ROCIT is a continued policing presence initiative to reduce opportunistic crime in our communities. By setting up the Mobile Police Facility (MPF) and having officers on foot, bikes, horses and all-terrain rhino allows members of the public to connect with local police and encouraging partnerships to make their communities safer whilst reducing crime levels. […]
Police partner with Crime Stoppers to target drug dealers
Sunshine Coast Police partnered with Crime Stoppers Queensland at Alexandra Headland today to launch the Crime Stoppers ‘Dob in A Dealer’ campaign on the coast. The Crime Stoppers campaign aims to stop the manufacture, supply and dealing of drugs in local communities by encouraging community members to report drug-dealers and drug related activity. Superintendent Darryl […]
Police out and about these school holidays
With the weather improving and visitor numbers increasing to our local beaches, Maroochydore Police are out and about this week talking to the community in the Mobile Police Facility (MPF) as part of Operation ROCIT (Reducing opportunity crime in towns). Today holiday-makers were able to meet local police at Cotton Tree. Police are providing information […]
Strong turnout for NHW White Ribbon Fun Run
Bli Bli Neighbourhood Watch held its annual White Ribbon Fun Run at Parklakes 2 on Sunday, September 23. There were over 300 participants for the 4km run or walk and many more attended the community event to show their support for White Ribbon. White Ribbon works to engage men to make them see women’s safety […]
Unlawful use of a motor vehicle charges, Bruce Highway
Police have charged two people after a stolen car was allegedly driven dangerously on the Bruce Highway on Saturday night. At around 10:15pm a car which was reported stolen from Kingston on September 19 was seen by police being driven on Federation Drive in Bethania. Police tracked the vehicle onto the Bruce Highway with the […]
Appeal for assistance after woman assaulted on walking trail, Pelican Waters
Sunshine Coast detectives are appealing for public assistance to help locate a man after a woman was assaulted whilst out walking at Pelican Waters yesterday (Saturday, September 22). The 49-year-old was walking on a bush walking track in the Pelican Waters Nature Reserve, near Tweddell Drive, when she observed a man sitting on a black […]