Category: Queensland Police News Updates – South Brisbane

Police have charged a man after two people were assaulted with an axe in an Adelaide Street carpark yesterday.
It will be alleged just after 5.10pm a man approached a woman who was known to him and threatened her with an axe, demanding she get in his car. A scuffle ensued during which the woman was stuck with the axe and then strangled.
A number of men came to the woman’s assistance and struggled with the other man allowing the woman to escape. The men restrained the man until police arrived.
The Gold Coast woman aged in her 20s received a minor laceration to the back of her head and bruising to her shoulder and hands.
One of the men who assisted, a Norman Park man in his 40s, received a cut on his wrist.
A 29-year-old Wishart man has been charged with two counts of assault occasioning bodily harm, acts

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Since the beginning of May, Calamvale Police have received an increase in the number of reports of unlawful entry to motor vehicles in the Stretton and Parkinson areas.
These offences include the stealing of motor vehicles following home burglary offences or targeting parked vehicles where offenders are trying doors and rifling through consoles and glove compartments to obtain money and other valuables.
Calamvale Police are urging members of the community to secure their homes and vehicles even if they are at home.
Everyone is also encouraged to remember to remove any valuables from vehicles and open living spaces, such as wallets, handbags and laptops which may be in plain sight.
To assist in preventing these offences occurring, you are urged to consider:

Closing and locking your doors and garage roller door, even if you are at home;
Locking your car and winding up windows even if parked on the street, in a secure garage or in

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Police have charged a man and woman following a shooting incident in Archerfield earlier this month.
Investigations indicate that on June 18, at 1pm a man and woman attended a Beatty Road car yard.
Police will allege a short altercation occurred during which a 61-year-old man was assaulted and a series of shots were fired causing damage to nearby vehicles.
Investigations led police to execute a number of search warrants in northern New South Wales and successfully applied for the extradition of a 31-year-old Tanah Merah man and a 25-year-old Coomera woman.
The two were charged with going armed so as to cause fear and acts intended to cause grievous bodily harm.
Both will appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court today (June 29).

If you have information for police, contact Policelink by providing information using the online suspicious activity form 24hrs per day at www.police.qld.gov.au/reporting.You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered

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Four people have died and three seriously injured in the past 24 hours in five separate incidents on Queensland roads.
The crashes come as police launch Operation Cold Snap to coincide the with the school holidays.
The state-wide road safety operation aims to reduce the amount of lives lost on our roads.
The Queensland Police Service is urging everyone to make safe choices when using the roads.
Don’t drive if you are tired, watch your speed, drive to the conditions and avoid distractions.
Police are appealing for anyone who may have been travelling in the areas at the time of the crashes or has dash cam vision to come forward.
The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating each incident.
Fatal Crash, Pallara
A 19-year-old man has died and two others are seriously injured following a single vehicle traffic crash in Brisbane’s south last night.
Just after 10pm, a car was travelling north on Ritchie Road and lost control hitting a

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Detectives are investigating the death of a 48-year-old Norman Park man in Stones Corner this morning.
Police were called to Hanlon Park near Logan Road around 5.45am where a man was found lying in a drain by a group of joggers.
He was moved from the drain in an attempt to resuscitate him but was pronounced deceased at the scene.
A crime scene was established and a post mortem will be conducted to help determine the cause of death.
Investigators are appealing for anyone with information or vision which could assist to contact police.

If you have information for police, contact Policelink by providing information using the online suspicious activity form 24hrs per day at www.police.qld.gov.au/reporting.You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day.

Quote this reference number: QP2001316563 within the online suspicious activity form.

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Detectives are investigating after two men, aged 25 and 26, and who were known to each other, sustained serious injuries in North Brisbane this morning which saw both men hospitalised.
Around 2.30am police were called to Waterworks Road in Ashgrove where a 25-year-old man received a stab wound to his upper arm.
The man was transported to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital for treatment to a non-life threatening injury.
Police were then advised a second man had been stabbed and had travelled to a Zillmere address.
A short time later officers attended a Handford Road residence where they located the 26-year-old man inside with a serious stab wound to his chest.
He was taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and underwent surgery where he remains in a critical condition.
A Holden Commodore located outside the Zillmere address has been seized for forensic testing.
Investigations are continuing into the incident with police appealing for anyone

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Police have seen an increase in a series of counterfeit currency offences across the South Brisbane area recently.
These incidents have primarily involved counterfeit $50 or $100 notes and have been used in an attempt to pay for goods or services.
Could you tell if your bank note was real or not?
Business owners and employees are encouraged to be vigilant. Rather than just taking a note, a good habit to get into is to assess it prior to placing it in the till.
Often counterfeit notes are made from paper that can quite easily be identified as fake. Ask yourself the question ‘does it feel or look right?’
It’s difficult to make a counterfeit note look genuine and a closer inspection will help you identify a fake note from a genuine one.
There is a range of security features on each note that will help you identify if it is counterfeit.
You can find these on

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The team in the Synthetic Drug Operations Unit (ILIT) have banded together to help raise more than $5000 for the Cancer Council in honour of a fellow officer.
The officers have joined QPS staff and police from across Queensland to raise money for the important cause following a recent breast cancer diagnosis of a fellow staff member.
Detective Senior Sergeant Sasha Finney was first to face the clippers
Detective Senior Sergeant Sasha Finney was the first of eight to brave the shave on Wednesday morning (June 24), and was proud to lead the charge.
“It looks fab!” Detective Senior Sergeant Finney said.
“I’m glad I have a nice shaped head.”
Detective Senior Sergeant Finney was proud to do her part for the cause.
“This has been a huge team effort,” she said.
“Not only from us here in State Crime Command, but also those in the regions.”
This is a cause that is close to Detective Senior Sergeant Finney’s

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A 28-year-old man has been charged following a serious domestic violence incident in Brisbane.
Police attended a Newstead residence after receiving information the man had prevented a 25-year-old woman from leaving the house after seriously injuring her.
The woman sustained serious abdominal and facial injuries.
She was transported to hospital to undergo further medical assessment and treatment.
The 28-year-old Newstead man has been charged with torture, deprivation of liberty, wounding, choking (domestic violence offence) and acts intended to main, disfigure or disable. He was also charged with two counts of possessing dangerous drugs, possessing drug utensils and receiving tainted property.
The man has been denied police bail and is due to appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court tomorrow.
Investigations into the matter are ongoing.

If you have information for police, contact Policelink by providing information using the online suspicious activity form 24hrs per day at www.police.qld.gov.au/reporting or call 131 444.You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime

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Detectives from Inala and Toowoomba Child Protection Investigation Unit have charged four teenagers following an alleged incident with another boy in Inala on Saturday afternoon.
At 2.45pm, police were called to a Cormorant Street address in relation to reports of four people allegedly putting a 13-year-old boy in the boot of a car.
The registration of the vehicle was observed by a member of the public which had been reported stolen from a North Toowoomba address on Friday (June 19).
Police will allege the stolen car was involved in a number of crimes including a fuel drive off at a Forest Lakes service station at 4.45pm the same day (June 20).
Police will allege the driver of the stolen car pulled over at the intersection of at Scenic Road and Greenhill Road in Redbank Plains at 7.30pm on Saturday, June 20.
The driver and three passengers of the vehicle, then released the boy from the

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