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Police investigating the suspected murder of New England man Darren Royce Willis in 2010 are appealing for public assistance to help locate a ute believed to be linked to his disappearance. Strike Force Barca was formed by officers from New England Police District to investigate Mr Willis’ … [Read more...]
Federal MP George Christensen has come out swinging against State Government plans to shut down Crime Stoppers. He says the imminent closure of the Crime Stoppers call centre in Queensland is yet another example of Labor’s inability to manage the books. “I am told there are 1000 calls to … [Read more...]
Whitsundays police have charged a total of 26 people with 172 offences following the closure of a long-term operation targeting the trafficking and sale of methylamphetamine in the Whitsundays. Operation Quebec Active commenced in mid-2018 and involved investigators from Whitsunday Criminal … [Read more...]
Police attending a fire at a property in Strathdickie last week have stumbled on three cannabis crops estimated to be worth more than a million dollars. Officers from Proserpine and Whitsunday stations were called by fire crews to a blaze that had broken containment lines on Laurina Drive at … [Read more...]
The murder of 14-year-old Marilyn Wallman in Mackay in 1972 has received revitalised approach with the reward for information leading to a conviction being increased from $250,000 to $500,000. As one of Queensland’s oldest unsolved murders, the investigation into the murder of 14-year-old Marilyn … [Read more...]
Police in the Whitsundays, overnight, have incepted a vehicle which they say has resulted in a key arrest which has also sees more than 100 ‘hits’ of dangerous drugs off the streets. Police also located more than $15,000 in cash has also been recovered. A 47-year-old woman from Jubilee … [Read more...]
Detectives from the Mackay Child Protection Investigation Unit have arrested and charged a 53-year-old Ball Bay man on a charge relating to the alleged grooming of a 12-year-old child. Police claim the man used a carriage service to engage with a 12-year-old girl over a four-month period grooming … [Read more...]
Cold case homicide detectives have today charged a man with the murder of Dorothy Britton at Airlie Beach in 1996. The 51-year-old Port Neill (South Australia) man and former resident of Airlie Beach was arrested in Brisbane early this afternoon. He was charged with one count of murder and will … [Read more...]
Whitsunday detectives have charged a 28-year- old man after drugs, cash and firearms were allegedly uncovered at a property near Proserpine today. Police executed a search warrant at the Bruce Highway address where they allegedly seized a quantity of methylamphetamine, cannabis, prescription … [Read more...]
Proserpine police are appealing for witnesses to an alleged assault which happened shortly after 8pm on March 31 at a licensed venue on Main Street, Proserpine. Police say that the male victim was involved in a group conversation with people he did not know inside the venue when one male has … [Read more...]
