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Road Safety Week is GO in Far North District! Road Safety Week officially launched today with police asking to community to begin the week by committing to the improvement of just one driving behaviour each day. The week kicks off with Monday’s focus being on speed, or more correctly, excessive speed. Speed remains one of […]

Speeding through Eubenangee roadworks Today’s theme for Queensland Road Safety Week is speeding and we want to remind motorists speed remains one of our biggest issues in Queensland with more than 1,000 people either killed or injured in crashes where speed was a factor in Queensland every year. Innisfail Road Policing Unit were conducting traffic […]

Cassowary Coast media wrap, Monday August 21 Drugs located, Carruchan: A 45-year-old Carruchan woman was charged with a number of drug and explosives charges on Friday morning. Cardwell Police executed a search warrant at an Ellerbeck Road, Carruchan address around 10:30am. As a result of the search police will allege they located a large quantity […]

Vehicle Watch August 21 – keep an eye out for these stolen cars Do you check that your home and vehicle is secure before going to bed every night? Are your car keys in easy reach? Police urge members of the community to adopt the regular practice of ensuring that your vehicle is locked, your […]

Road safety week, kicks off across the Cassowary Coast today Anyone fortunate to be listening to the radio around 8:15am every day this week will have the delight of hearing my voice across the air waves, giving out tips and reminding road users as to why we have the Fatal fFve campaign. We have a […]

Cairns weekend media wrap, Monday August 21   Property charges, Trinity Beach:  A 17-year-old male youth from Bentley Park was charged on Friday following investigations into a series of property related incidents at Trinity Beach in May. It will be alleged the youth was one of a group of seven that gained entry to a […]

Tablelands weekend wrap, Monday August 21 Drink driving, Atherton: Police have charged a woman after a traffic intercept in Atherton on Friday night. It will be alleged police intercepted the 21-year-old local woman on Main Street at about 10.45pm and when required to provide a roadside breath test, she returned a reading of 0.080 per […]

The wheels on the bus go round and round DSC Rauter and SC Hafner with Aurukun families and the Yellow School Bus When Senior Constable Jake Hafner and Detective Senior Constable Ben Rauter joined the police service, they never thought they’d be driving a yellow school bus. Drive one, they did! Both Jake and Ben […]

Man sought over Wonga Beach vehicle theft Police are seeking assistance from the public to assist in locating a 20-year-old man who is believed to be driving a vehicle stolen from a Wonga Beach caravan park yesterday. Police believe the man crashed another stolen vehicle into the front fence of a Wonga Beach Esplanade Residence […]