Category: Queensland Police News Updates – South Brisbane

A 25-year-old man from Western Australia had his driver’s licence immediately suspended and has been charged with high range drink driving after being intercepted by police in Cairns late last night.
Around 10.30pm, police intercepted a Subaru station wagon on Spence Street in the Cairns CBD after Cairns City Safe operators alerted them to a possible drink driver. It will be alleged the driver of the vehicle returned a BAC of 0.174.
The 25-year-old man is due to appear in the Cairns Magistrates Court on May 8, 2017.
More than 3,000 motorists were detected speeding on Easter Saturday, including one driver travelling in the Airport Link Tunnel at 150km/h in an 80km/h zone.
Other high-range speeding offences include:

172km/h in a 110km/h zone on the Pacific Motorway, Gaven;
151km/h in a 100km/h zone on the Pacific Motorway, Loganholme;
147km/h in a 100km/h zone on the Pacific Motorway, Loganholme;
137km/h in a 100km/h zone on the Leichhardt Highway, Goondiwindi.

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During a two hour period police will allege a 64-year-old man was beaten and burnt at an address in Highgate Hill overnight.
Around 7.45pm the 64-year-old man was drinking with two men at a Gladstone Road address when the trio became involved in an argument.
It will be alleged the two men then started to burn the victim with a lighter and aerosol can over a two hour period.
The man managed to escape and raise the alarm.
He was transported to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital for treatment to burns to his legs, arms, scalp and face.
Investigations by detectives from Dutton Park Criminal Investigation Branch resulted in two men– a 42-year-old Collingwood Park man and a 44-year-old Highgate Hill man- each being charged with torture, common assault, acts intended to maim/ disfigure/ disable and deprivation of liberty.
Both men have been denied police bail and are expected to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates

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Police are investigating an incident at Forest Lake last night in which a licensed premises was robbed.
Initial investigations indicate around 10.45pm, three males and a female entered the Forest Lake Boulevard business and took a number of bottles of alcohol off the shelf.
When a staff member told the group to leave, one of the males has picked up a bottle and thrown it towards the employee.
Fortunately, the bottle missed the male employee and smashed on a shelf behind.
The male picked up another bottle before throwing it at the employee, hitting him in the torso.
The group then fled the scene in a silver coloured four-wheel drive.
One man is described as aged in his 20s and wearing a black t-shirt with a skeleton pattern and white hood covering his face.
The second man is described as wearing a blue tracksuit jumper and white jeans.
The third man was wearing black pants and a black

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The QPS Dog Squad just sent through this vision of something very unusual they saw during training this afternoon. It can be downloaded below.
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Happy Easter from Police Media!

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The QPS Dog Squad just sent through this vision of something very unusual they saw during training this afternoon. It can be downloaded below.
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Happy Easter from Police Media!

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The QPS Dog Squad just sent through this vision of something very unusual they saw during training this afternoon. It can be downloaded below.
http://cdn.bp.mypolice.qld.gov.au.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/04/15/164927_Easter_01.mp4 Download Video
Happy Easter from Police Media!

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Police are seeking urgent public assistance to help locate three young Koala joeys that have been taken from an address in Ormiston today.
The three joeys were being cared for at a carers house and initial information suggests they were taken sometime between 9 last night and 6 this morning.
They are around 14-months old, on supplemental feeding and also require medication.
It is also believed that they may not be able to survive if they’re released into the wild and are venerable to other animals or traffic.
Police are urging with anyone that may have taken the joeys to call the RSPCA for assistance or to hand them in at their nearest police station immediately.
You can contact Police via Policelink on 131 444 or the RSPCA on 1300 AMIMAL.
If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.
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A motorcyclist has been detected allegedly travelling almost 200km/hour on the Bruce Highway on day 1 of the Easter Break phase for the Queensland Police Service’s Road Safety Campaign.
The motorcycle was snapped yesterday by a speed camera on the Bruce Highway at Landsborough doing 193km/hour in a 110 zone.
There were more than 3,400 vehicles detected speeding and over 11,000 RBTs (Random Breath Tests) performed with 41 people charged with drink driving.
A 22-year-old Sunset man was charged after allegedly returning a BAC (Blood Alcohol Concentrate) of .273% in the carpark of a fast food outlet at Mount Isa just before midnight.
Police also attended two serious traffic crashes, one at Peak Crossing around 5.50pm where a ute and truck collided on Warrill View Peak Crossing Road.
The 18-year-old male driver of the ute was airlifted in a critical condition to Princess Alexandra Hospital.
A 54-year-old male pedestrian has also received life-threatening head injuries after

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A motorcyclist has been detected allegedly travelling almost 200km/hour on the Bruce Highway on day 1 of the Easter Break phase for the Queensland Police Service’s Road Safety Campaign.
The motorcycle was snapped yesterday by a speed camera on the Bruce Highway at Landsborough doing 193km/hour in a 110 zone.
There were more than 3,400 vehicles detected speeding and over 11,000 RBTs (Random Breath Tests) performed with 41 people charged with drink driving.
A 22-year-old Sunset man was charged after allegedly returning a BAC (Blood Alcohol Concentrate) of .273% in the carpark of a fast food outlet at Mount Isa just before midnight.
Police also attended two serious traffic crashes, one at Peak Crossing around 5.50pm where a ute and truck collided on Warrill View Peak Crossing Road.
The 18-year-old male driver of the ute was airlifted in a critical condition to Princess Alexandra Hospital.
A 54-year-old male pedestrian has also received life-threatening head injuries after

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A motorcyclist has been detected allegedly travelling almost 200km/hour on the Bruce Highway on day 1 of the Easter Break phase for the Queensland Police Service’s Road Safety Campaign.
The motorcycle was snapped yesterday by a speed camera on the Bruce Highway at Landsborough doing 193km/hour in a 110 zone.
There were more than 3,400 vehicles detected speeding and over 11,000 RBTs (Random Breath Tests) performed with 41 people charged with drink driving.
A 22-year-old Sunset man was charged after allegedly returning a BAC (Blood Alcohol Concentrate) of .273% in the carpark of a fast food outlet at Mount Isa just before midnight.
Police also attended two serious traffic crashes, one at Peak Crossing around 5.50pm where a ute and truck collided on Warrill View Peak Crossing Road.
The 18-year-old male driver of the ute was airlifted in a critical condition to Princess Alexandra Hospital.
A 54-year-old male pedestrian has also received life-threatening head injuries after

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