Category: Queensland Police News Updates – South Brisbane

Police have taken almost 500 alleged drink and drug drivers off Queensland roads and detected more than 21,000 speeding motorists in the first week of the Festive Break.
On day 7 of the Festive Break phase of the Christmas Road Safety Campaign, 41 motorists were charged with drink driving while 46 drivers returned positive results of drug driving.
More than 3,100 drivers were detected speeding yesterday with the highest speed detected by a motorist travelling at 189 km/hour in an 80 km/hour zone in the Legacy Way Tunnel at Paddington.
Queensland’s highest reading yesterday was on the Gold Coast where a motorist allegedly provided a Breath Alcohol Consumption (BAC) of 0.267 per cent in Surfers Paradise.
Other high readings included:

0.242 per cent in Beaudesert;
0.242 per cent in Mermaid Beach;
0.200 per cent in Doomadgee.

A 39-year-old Beaudesert man was charged with drink driving after allegedly causing a disturbance in a fast food outlet drive-through on Brisbane

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Detectives from Acacia Ridge Criminal Investigation Branch have closed an ongoing operation today after four people have been charged with stealing over a million dollars worth of aviation parts.
Operation Papa Apricot began on May 8 after a shipping container was stolen from an address on Fairfield Road at Yeerongpilly.
Inside the container were a large amount of helicopter and aviation parts which are valued at one and a half million dollars.
Investigations conducted over the next four months lead detectives to two properties in Eagleby and Yeronga and as a result, two men were arrested and charged.
A majority of the stolen parts were recovered from the two properties and the shipping container was located at a property at Logan Village.
Police continued to investigate which lead to a woman being arrested and charged yesterday at a property in Edens Landing and a man was arrested at Yeronga.
A 36-year-old Logan Village man has been

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Detectives investigating a violent robbery in Sunnybank on December 27 have charged another man.
A 17-year-old Moorooka man has been charged with two counts each of robbery and attempted robbery and one count each of assault occasioning bodily harm, common assault, unlawful entry of a vehicle, unlawful use of a motor vehicle and wilful damage.
He is due to appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court today.
Yesterday a 22-year-old Inala man was charged with similar offences and is also scheduled to appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court today.
Investigations into the incident – during which a woman and man were allegedly seriously assaulted and had a car stolen from a car park off Mains Road around 3.45am – are continuing.
Police would still like to speak with the drivers of two delivery trucks that were in the area at the time, as well as anyone else who may have witnessed the incident or has seen the stolen

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Police are investigating the armed robbery of a licensed premises in Sunnybank earlier this morning.
At 2.50am, two male entered the Mains Road hotel armed with a firearm and a machete-type implement and made demands for cash.
The pair left the business with a sum of money and was seen leaving in a white vehicle that exited onto Mains Road.
The hotel was open at the time, with a small number of patrons inside the business when the armed robbery occurred.
No-one was physically injured.
Investigations are continuing.
If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.
You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, by calling 1800 333 000 or via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day.

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Police have released video of a violent robbery in Sunnybank in the hope people may recognise a vehicle that was stolen during the incident.
Around 3.45am yesterday, five men approached two vehicles parked in a shopping centre off Mains Road.
Fearing for their safety, the four occupants of the vehicles gathered together into the Mitsubishi Magna as the group of men surrounded it.
A woman was dragged out of the vehicle and assaulted, and a window was smashed and a man repeatedly punched and kicked in the head.
CCTV footage shows the group withdrawing when two trucks enter the car park (at 3:42 and 3:43 respectively) and then return once they both pass.
It is likely that both drivers were completely unaware of the incident occurring.
One of the group took the keys to the other parked vehicle, a white 2012 Honda Civic with Queensland registration 312TOO, before stealing it.
The other men fled on foot towards

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Police have charged two people after an allegedly stolen vehicle was involved in a serious traffic crash near Coolbie on December 22.
It will be alleged that around 5.30am, a stolen Holden Cruze and a stolen Mitsubishi Challenger were travelling southbound on the Bruce Highway.
The Cruze allegedly passed another vehicle (a Toyota Kluger) at high speed, and as the Challenger went to follow suit, it narrowly avoided a head-on crash with an oncoming truck.
The Challenger then collided with the rear left-hand side of the Kluger, forcing it into the northbound lane and into a drain before it rolled a number of times.
The Challenger also rolled multiple times on the southern side of the highway.
The Cruze returned to the scene to pick up the two uninjured occupants of the Challenger before allegedly speeding off again towards Townsville.
The driver of the Kluger – a 72-year-old Upper Stone man – along with the two

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Police are investigating an attempted carjacking incident that occurred at Cannon Hill this morning (December 28).
Preliminary investigations indicate at about 11am, a woman was unpacking her vehicle at a residence in Princes Street when another woman approached, entered her vehicle and unsuccessfully attempted to start it.
The female resident yelled at the offender causing a male occupant from the residence to come outside and physically detain the female offender.
A male offender waiting in a nearby vehicle produced a tomahawk resulting in the female offender being released.
Both male and female offenders fled the scene in a Commodore sedan and were last seen in Cavendish Road, Coorparoo.
No one was injured during the incident.
Investigations are continuing.
If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.
You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, by calling

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Seventeen people were caught without their seatbelts on while behind the wheel in Queensland on Day 5 of the Festive Break phase of the Christmas Road Safety campaign.
Since the beginning of Festive Break, 84 drivers have been caught without their seatbelts while driving their vehicle.
So far 339 drivers have returned positive tests for drink- and drug-driving over the Christmas period.
The highest reading across the state yesterday was a 45-year-old Orange woman who was charged with one count of driving under the influence of alcohol and one count of driving unregistered, after allegedly returning a Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) of 0.245 per cent at Peregian Beach.
The state’s most high-risk speeding motorist was captured allegedly travelling at 201 km/hour in an 100km/hour zone on the Pacific Motorway at Slacks Creek.
Police across Queensland continue to target high-risk road user behaviour including the Fatal Five: speeding, drink and drug driving, distracted driving, fatigue and failing to wear

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Fourteen people were injured as a result of traffic crashes in Queensland on Boxing Day as the Christmas Road Safety campaign – Festive Break phase continues.
So far two people have been killed and 98 people injured on Queensland roads since December 23.
The state’s most high-risk speeding motorist was captured allegedly travelling at 177 km/hour in an 110km/hour zone on the Pacific Motorway at Yatala.
So far 275 drivers have returned positive tests for drug or drink driving over the Christmas period.
The highest reading across the state yesterday was a 46-year-old Hyde Park man who was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, after allegedly returning a Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) of 0.237 per cent on Kings Road at Pimlico yesterday afternoon.
Police across Queensland continue to target high-risk road user behaviour including the Fatal Five: speeding, drink and drug driving, distracted driving, fatigue and failing to wear a seatbelt.
The Festive Break phase of the

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3,294 people have been caught speeding in Queensland on day one of the Christmas Road Safety campaign – Festive Break phase.
The state’s most high-risk speeding motorist on day one was captured allegedly travelling at 180 km/hour in an 80km/hour zone in the Airport Link Tunnel at Wooloowin.
The driver will receive an infringement with a penalty of $1,177, eight demerit points and an automatic 6-month suspension.
Police conducted almost 5,000 RBTs (Random Breath Tests) with 72 drivers charged with drink driving.
The worst reading across the state was a 52-year-old Wynnum man who was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, after allegedly returning a Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) of 0.229 per cent on Old Cleveland Road at Coorparoo yesterday morning.
Officers also conducted 133 RDTs (Roadside Drug Tests) with 41 drivers returning a positive test.
Police across Queensland are targeting high-risk road user behaviour including the Fatal Five: speeding, drink and drug driving, distracted driving, fatigue and failing

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