Gift vouchers used to pay ATO scammer

Police are asking the community to remain vigilant and remember that no government organisation, particularly the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will seek payment via gift vouchers. Police around the state have received a number of reports about ‘scammers’ calling members of the public and threatening arrest warrants if they refuse to repay a tax debt. […]

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Argos appeal to parents on Safer Internet Day 2019

This morning the Minister for Police and Corrective Services Mark Ryan MP joined the Queensland Police Service to deliver an important message to all parents, caregivers and educators as part of Safer Internet Day. “The investigators within Queensland Police Service’s Argos and child protection officers across the state do a job not many of us […]

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Domestic violence, bomb hoax charges , Brisbane Airport and Surfers Paradise incidents

A 50-year-old man has been charged following investigations into an incident at the Brisbane Airport last night. At around 9pm, police were called to the international terminal following reports of a man in the food court, armed with a knife who was threatening a woman who is known to him. Police will allege when they […]

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Domestic violence, bomb hoax charges , Brisbane Airport and Surfers Paradise incidents

A 50-year-old man has been charged following investigations into an incident at the Brisbane Airport last night. At around 9pm, police were called to the international terminal following reports of a man in the food court, armed with a knife who was threatening a woman who is known to him. Police will allege when they […]

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Improvement to DNA analysis introduced

The Queensland Police Service (QPS) and Queensland Health have strengthened DNA analysis capabilities following the recent review of some results. The review was undertaken after a small number of results were recalled due to uncertainty as to the number of contributors within a mixture of DNA. This was isolated to samples that contained a mixture […]

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Linked burglary offences, Logan Village and Sunnybank

Detectives are treating two burglary offences as linked following investigations into incidents at Sunnybank and Logan Village on January 26. During the first incident, around 2.30 am, three people have forced entry into a jewellery store on McCullough Street, Sunnybank and stole several items of jewellery. In the second incident, at 4 am, the same […]

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