Cairns

Tablelands Weekend Wrap, Monday September 25 Break and enter, Kuranda: Police are investigating after six break and enters in Kuranda on Saturday evening. Initial investigations suggest that unknown people have entered six different businesses on Coondoo and Therwine Streets sometime between Saturday 6.30pm and Sunday morning 7am causing damage to buildings. A number of items […]

Cairns weekend wrap, September 25 Serious assault police charges, Cairns: Three people are scheduled to appear in the Cairns Magistrates Court on October 11 after a Sunday session turned sour. Police were called to a disturbance at a hotel in McLeod Street at about 5.30pm yesterday after its alleged a 28-year-old Mooroobool man was refused […]

Tablelands overnight wrap, Friday September 22 Unlicenced driving, Mareeba: Police have charged a Mareeba woman after a traffic incident in Mareeba on Thursday evening. It will be alleged police intercepted the 20-year-old woman on Ceola Drive Mareeba at about 8.10pm and checks revealed she was unlicensed. The driver is scheduled to appear in the Mareeba […]

Cairns overnight media wrap, Friday September 22 Update: Serious assault, Manoora:  Police have charged two more boys as a result of ongoing investigations into the alleged serious assault of a 62-year-old woman at Manoora on Monday afternoon. It will be alleged the woman was in the front yard of a Springfield Crescent address at around […]

Cairns hit the jackpot for the ACWAP Awards Winners are grinners in the far north as the IWLEC shines in Cairns The 2017 International Women and Law Enforcement Conference hosted in Cairns this week saw the International Association of Women Police (IWAP) and the Australasian Council of Women and Policing (ACWAP) Award winners announced on […]

Cassowary Coast media wrap, Thursday September 21 Stolen Bike, Innisfail Estate: Two bicycles were stolen from the front of a Katoora Street, Innisfail Estate address. A light green and black BMX and a light blue and orange Tourex brand Mountain Bike (similar bikes pictured) was stolen between 3pm September 15 and 10am September 18. Police […]

Tablelands overnight wrap, Thursday September 21 High-end speeding, Biboohra: Police have charged a 30-year-old man following a traffic interception on Wednesday afternoon on the Mulligan Highway at Biboohra. It will be alleged the Cairns man was detected travelling at 143km in a 100km zone at about 2.55pm. The man was issued with a Traffic Infringement Notice […]

Australian Police Commissioners discuss influential women in their careers The 2017 International Women and Law Enforcement Conference (IWLEC) saw the heads of Australia’s police agencies come together to discuss the current state of law enforcement Australia-wide and the influential women in their careers and lives. Australian Federal Police Commissioner Andrew Colvin, Queensland Police Service Commissioner Ian […]