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Police have seized drugs, fireworks, ammunition, two vehicles and cash during the closure of Operation Quebec Brazen in the Lockyer and Brisbane Valley areas.
Yesterday investigators from Forest Hill Major and Organised Crime Squad (Rural) closed the protracted operation with a number of search warrants executed on properties in the local area.
Focused on the trafficking of methylaphetamine, the operational closure involved personnel from MOCS (Rural) Forest Hill, Toowoomba, Roma and Kingaroy as well as Gatton CIB, the Firearms and Cannabis Team, Dog Squad, Lowood, Gatton, Esk and Toogoolawah stations.

As a result, eight people were arrested on 46 charges. During the searches police seized approximately 90 grams of methylamphetamine, a small quantity of cannabis, fireworks, ammunition and $7080 in cash. Four vehicles, believed to be proceeds of crimes committed, have also been seized.
A 32-year-old Vernor man was charged with 25 offences including trafficking, 15 counts of supply dangerous drug, possessing property obtained

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Police are coordinating a search and rescue effort after a ute was washed off a road in Bogie (Whitsundays)
Around 8am, police received a call from the mother of one of the ute’s occupants to say water was rising around the ute on Tondara Road, around fifteen kilometres from the Bruce Highway.
It appears the ute – with five people inside – was then swept off the road.
Initial information indicates that they managed to get out of the ute but are now stranded and may be making their way to the coastline.
A helicopter was dispatched from Townsville a short time ago to assist with the search and rescue effort, as police cannot reach the site by road due to flooding.
The stranded men had been in the area on a pig hunt last night and Tondara Road is the only road in and out of the area, and is now

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Police are coordinating a search and rescue effort after a ute was washed off a road in Bogie (Whitsundays)
Around 8am, police received a call from the mother of one of the ute’s occupants to say water was rising around the ute on Tondara Road.
It appears the ute – with five people inside – was then swept off the road.
Initial information indicates that they managed to get out of the ute but are now stranded.
A helicopter was dispatched from Townsville a short time ago to assist with the search and rescue effort, as police cannot reach the site by road due to flooding.
There is no further information available at this time.

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Detectives are appealing for witnesses after a man was assaulted at his Nundah house this morning and had his car stolen.
The 55-year-old man was asleep around 4.45am at his Oxford Street residence when he has heard a noise downstairs.
The man went outside when he observed a man, who is not known to him, come out of the lower level his house. The resident grabbed the man’s shirt to stop him however the other man has punched him multiple times in the face. A second man then put what is believed to be a knife to the resident’s neck and told him to let go.
The two men then fled in the resident’s silver 2001 Mazda 323 hatchback with Queensland registration 132GAD which was parked on the street in front of his house. The men had stolen personal items and keys for the car from the house.
Both men are described as 178cm

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Two men have been taken to hospital after they were located wounded in Woodridge last night.
Police were called to Oates Park on Mary Avenue at 9.45pm following reports of an altercation between a group of men.
One of the men, a 22-year-old, sustained serious injuries to his back and underarm. A 27-year-old man also received a wound to his underarm when he came to the aid of his friend.
Both were transported to the Princess Alexandra Hospital for treatment to their injuries.
Investigations into the incident are continuing.
Anyone with information which may assist with the investigation is asked to contact police.
If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.
You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, by calling 1800 333 000 or via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day.

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Police are investigating after a truck was reported to be driving erratically on the Bruce Highway from Gympie to Caboolture last night.
The truck had been reported stolen the previous night from Gooburrum near Bundaberg and used in a petrol drive-off in Gin-Gin at around 3.40 pm.
At around 4.10pm, police located and attempted to intercept the truck at Sandy Creek Eureka but the truck continued driving.
At around 6.15pm Gympie police observed a truck being driven erratically, Southbound on the Bruce Highway.
Officers attempted to intercept the truck in Gympie but the driver refused to stop and continued along the Bruce Highway, to the Caboolture exit, Old Toorbul Point Road where a tyre deflation device was successfully used.
The truck came to a stop approximately two kilometres later when it collided with a telegraph pole and brought down powerlines.
The driver fled the vehicle however a ground search was conducted with the assistance of

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Police have charged a 50-year-old Greenslopes man following investigations into an incident at a Greenslopes bottle shop.
Police will allege the man was refused service when he entered the Logan Road store at around 2.40 pm yesterday whereupon the man became threatening towards the customer service staff.
Staff allegedly calmed the man down and he left the store.
At around 6.20 pm the man is alleged to have returned to the store and spoke to a new staff member who advised the New Farm man he would not be served.
Police will allege the man pulled a replica firearm from his bag and threatened the staff member with it, verbally abusing the staff member.
A 24-year-old Holland Park man witnessed the incident and intervened, taking the 50-year-old to the ground and holding him there until police arrived a short time later.
The weapon was later confirmed to be a replica.
Police have

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Police have charged a 50-year-old Greenslopes man following investigations into an incident at a Greenslopes bottle shop.
Police will allege the man was refused service when he entered the Logan Road store at around 2.40 pm yesterday whereupon the man became threatening towards the customer service staff.
Staff allegedly calmed the man down and he left the store.
At around 6.20 pm the man is alleged to have returned to the store and spoke to a new staff member who advised the Greenslopes man he would not be served.
Police will allege the man pulled a replica firearm from his bag and threatened the staff member with it, verbally abusing the staff member.
A 24-year-old Holland Park man witnessed the incident and intervened, taking the 50-year-old to the ground and holding him there until police arrived a short time later.
The weapon was later confirmed to be a replica.
Police have charged a 50-year-old man with one

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Forensic Crash Unit investigators are appealing for public assistance after a motorcycle crash claimed the life of a man at Rothwell overnight.
Preliminary inquiries indicate around 8.20pm a Honda motorcycle collided with a Toyota Corolla sedan at the intersection of Coman Street and Deception Bay Road.
The rider, a 23-year-old man was transported to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, however was pronounced deceased shortly after midnight as a result of injuries sustain in the crash.
The car’s driver, a 25-year-old woman, was not physically injured.
Investigators would like to speak with any members of the public who may have witnessed the crash or has dash-cam footage of the incident to contact police.
If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.
You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, by calling 1800 333 000

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A man has died following a single vehicle traffic crash in Inala this morning.
Preliminary information indicates the SUV was travelling on Freeman Road when it left the roadway and crashed into a tree in the median strip around 6.30am.
The vehicle, a maroon 2007 Mazda CX-7 with Queensland Registration 560KNF, was engulfed by fire following the crash.
The male driver and sole occupant of the vehicle was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Police are continuing inquiries to formally identify the man and are appealing for anyone with information regarding the vehicle or the incident to come forward.
A Forensic Crash Unit investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing.
If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.
You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, by calling 1800 333 000 or via crimestoppersqld.com.au

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