Update – Search and rescue, Mitchell River A 43-year-old man reported missing at Mitchell River yesterday has been located this morning. Police coordinating a search at Mitchell River and Surprise Creek located the man around 8.15am safe and well. Police were contacted at 9pm last night when the man failed to return from a fishing […]
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Search and rescue, Mitchell River
Search and rescue, Mitchell River Police will be coordinating a search this morning at Mitchell Creek after a man failed to return from a fishing trip. The 43-year-old man was last seen at Mitchell River yesterday at around 3.30pm and he intended to go fishing before meeting with a group of associates later in the […]
Update: Robbery and car theft charges, Townsville
Update: Robbery and car theft charges, Townsville Police have charged a 16-year-old boy with a number of offences after the alleged unlawful use of motor vehicles and robberies in North Queensland over the weekend. It will be alleged around 12.00am on Sunday, September 17, a Toyota Camry and Holden Commodore were stolen from a house […]
Tablelands weekend wrap, Monday September 18
Tablelands weekend wrap, Monday September 18 Multiple charges, Tablelands: Police have charged a man after a number of incidents in the Far North recently. It will be alleged that police attended an address in Kairi at about 10.30am on Friday morning in relation to a stolen vehicle and the 29-year-old man ran from police before […]
Cairns weekend media wrap, Monday September 18
Cairns weekend media wrap, Monday September 18 Arson and other charges, Freshwater: Detectives investigating a suspicious fire at a Freshwater apartment complex last Thursday night have charged a 31-year-old Edge Hill man. It will be alleged that an apartment in the Old Smithfield Road complex was broken into around 11pm on Thursday and a fire […]
Cassowary Coast media wrap, Monday September 18
Cassowary Coast media wrap, Monday September 18 Police assaulted, Innisfail: Police located a 45-year-old Babinda who appeared to be drunk and staggering along Rankin Street, Innisfail around 10pm on August 15. Officers have gone to assist the man while attempting to speak with the man he has rushed at the officers where he has struck […]
Police repay efforts of school girls from Cairns high schools at the 2017 International Women and Law Enforcement conference
Police repay efforts of school girls from Cairns high schools at the 2017 International Women and Law Enforcement conference What a way to start a conference – a parade of nations through the streets of the Cairns CBD. Over 1000 delegates from nearly 60 countries will parade from the Cairns Esplanade to the Cairns Convention […]
Stay water safe these School Holidays
Stay water safe these School Holidays Do you know how to use your safety equipment? This is the message Queensland Water Police will be asking the thousands of boaties that will be heading out on waterways these school holidays. With a large number of different brands and types of safety equipment now available to boat […]
Cassowary Coast overnight wrap, Friday September 15
Cassowary Coast overnight wrap, Friday September 15 Traffic crash, Merryburn: At about 5.20am yesterday morning a single vehicle traffic crash occurred on the Tully-Mission Beach Road at Merryburn. It appears that a utility left the roadway and impacted an embankment. Two Tully men, a 19-year-old and a 32-year old were transported to Tully Hospital with […]
Changed traffic conditions Kuranda for the Cardiac Challenge
Changed traffic conditions Kuranda for the Cardiac Challenge The Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation Cardiac Challenge kicks off tomorrow morning on Saturday September 16. The foundation have obtained a one-lane road closure of the Kennedy Highway (Kuranda Range). To enable cyclists in the Mount Franklin Cardiac Challenge to safely traverse the range, the uphill lane […]
