Category Archives: Northern Region

Charges, Mica Creek (Mount Isa)

May 24, 2013 at 4:18 pm

A man has been charged with dangerous operation causing death after a traffic incident at Mica Creek on June 30, 2012 in which a pedestrian later died.

It will be alleged around 8.45pm a motorbike crashed into a 53-year-old male … Continue reading →

Grievous bodily harm, Townsville

May 15, 2013 at 10:01 am

Police have charged a 29-year-old man with grievous bodily harm following an incident last night at a business at Rollingstone.

About 1am several men became involved in an argument that resulted in a 49-year-old man being stabbed three times.

He … Continue reading →

Break and enter, Karumba (Gulf of Carpenteria)

May 13, 2013 at 10:14 pm

Five men have been charged after Police investigations into the alleged theft of an automatic teller machine from a Karumba hotel early this morning.

It will be alleged around 1.50am entry was forced through the front door of a Yappar … Continue reading →

Traffic crash, McKinlay (near Julia Creek)

May 11, 2013 at 11:42 am

Police have closed the Flinders Highway, approximately 50kms east of Julia Creek due to a truck rollover.

Around 9.50pm, police were advised that a road train had rolled tipping a container onto the highway.

The highway is expected to be … Continue reading →

House fire, Aitkenvale (Townsville)

May 9, 2013 at 10:50 am

Police are investigating after an Aitkenvale house was destroyed by fire overnight.

Police responded to the incident around 1.30am to find the Wotton Street house fully engulfed by fire.

The house was unoccupied at the time and no one was … Continue reading →

Police target synthetic drugs, Mount Isa

May 7, 2013 at 5:04 pm

IMG_2329Mount Isa police have conducted Operation Lima Steward; targeting the sale of synthetic cannabis in the Mount Isa District.

A search warrant was executed on a business on Camooweal Street and police will allege that they located 25 packets of … Continue reading →

Operation Amber, Townsville

May 7, 2013 at 11:57 am

Townsville Police are hailing ‘Operation Amber’ as a real success story with 190 charges laid and over a 50 per cent reduction in property crime within the first month.

Townsville’s Detective Inspector David Nixon said 79 people have been charged … Continue reading →

Fatal traffic crash, Sunset (Mount Isa)

May 5, 2013 at 8:29 pm

A 20-year-old Boulia man has died in a single vehicle motorcycle incident in Sunset this afternoon.

Initial information suggests that at 5.35pm, the rider was travelling along a dirt track behind Darling Crescent when he came off his bike.

The … Continue reading →

Fatal traffic crash, Cloncurry

May 5, 2013 at 8:15 pm

Police are currently at the scene of a fatal road train rollover 14 kilometres east of Cloncurry.

Initial information suggests that at around 4.20pm, a single vehicle traffic incident occurred at the intersection of the Landsborough Highway and the Flinders … Continue reading →

Arrest, tampering with monitoring device, Townsville

May 4, 2013 at 4:56 pm

 

Police have arrested a 26-year-old man subject to DPSOA Supervision Order who allegedly tampered with his monitoring device last night in Townsville.

A tamper alert was activated around 6.51pm and local police notified.

Officers attended a Townsville facility and … Continue reading →

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