The Queensland Police Service has undertaken an analysis of the two parcels of white powder found washed up on Bundaberg beaches in December and can confirm exposure to this product can be harmful to anyone coming into contact with it.
Members of the public contacted police after discovering two separate one-kilogram packages containing a powder substance at Elliott Heads on December 21 and Mon Repos on December 27.
The two packages were located on Bundaberg beaches, however it is possible there are other packages that may wash up along the coast, due to tidal flows and ocean currents.
For these reasons we continue to encourage anyone locating such a package to bring it to the attention of police as the way they are packaged and the manner in which they were located, is obviously suspicious and concerning.
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Day 10 – Christmas Road Safety Campaign (phase 2)
During day 10 of the Christmas Road Safety Campaign (phase 2), a man died in a fatal crash at Pechey, south of Crows Nest yesterday afternoon.
A total of 171 drivers were charged with drink driving out of 12,964 random breath tests performed. The highest of these was five times the legal limit of 0.225% in Broadbeach Waters along with four others caught well over the limit across the Gold Coast area.
Other readings included 0.203% at Ashmore, 0.202% at Ormeau, 0.197% at Southport and 0.152% Ashmore
Ninety-four drivers also returned positive roadside drug tests across the State.
Twenty people were injured in 14 traffic crashes across the state with police detecting more than 2,500 speeding motorists including one driver travelling at a reckless 142kms in an 80km zone on Northbrook Parway at Dundas.
Police detected 23 seat-belt offences and a further 16 drivers were caught out using their mobile phones in almost 700 traffic
Marine incident, South Stradbroke Island
Police will prepare a report for the Coroner after a 54-year-old Runaway Bay man died following a jet ski incident near South Stradbroke this morning.
Preliminary inquiries indicate around 8am the man was riding the jet ski on the ocean side of the island when, for an unknown reason, has fallen from the jet ski into the water.
The man was assisted back onto shore by witnesses who attempted CPR but passed away at the scene.
No other vessel was involved in the incident.
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.
Robbery with violence charge, Harristown
A man has been charged following investigations into a violent incident at Harristown overnight.
Shortly after 12am a 20-year-old man was at a Drayton Road property when he observed a man trying to steal a Mitsubishi Triton utility in the backyard.
He confronted the man and attempted to stop him stealing the ute when it alleged they became involved in a physical altercation.
A short time later another man entered the yard where it will be alleged he kicked the 20-year-old to the right hand side of the face causing him to fall backwards.
One of the men then allegedly produced a knife and waved it towards the victim.
The men then fled in the stolen vehicle along Drayton Road, west into Buckland Street and south into Martin Place where the ute was later located damaged.
A 20-year-old from East Lismore has since been arrested and charged with one count each of armed robbery, wilful damage
Update: Escape from lawful custody, Ravenshoe
The 25-year-old Millstream man who escaped from police custody on December 29 in Ravenshoe has been captured.
It is alleged, as he was being transitioned into a secure vehicle for transport to the Mareeba Watchhouse, the man fled from police and was last seen running into nearby bushland.
Police chased the man and established cordons with the assistance from the dog squad.
An extensive search of the area was hampered by heavy rain and failed to locate the man.
The man was arrested last night in the Millstream area.
The man has been charged with one count of escape lawful custody, eight counts of obstructing a police officer and two counts of trespass.
He is due to appear in the Cairns Magistrate court later today.
Armed Robbery charges, Southport
Police have charged two teenagers after they allegedly threatened a 30-year-old woman and 17-year-old teenager with a knife and stole their car at Southport this afternoon.
It will be alleged at 5.50pm the two female friends parked their car at a shopping centre on Marine Parade. A teenage boy approached the driver as she got out of the Mazda 3 and threatened her with a knife, demanding her keys. A teenage girl approached the female passenger and demanded her phone. Both complied, and the teenagers left the shopping centre car park in the stolen Mazda. The women immediately rang police.
Police observed the stolen vehicle heading south on the Gold Coast Highway and POLAIR began to track the vehicle at 6.08pm on Nerang-Southport Road.
It will be further alleged the vehicle headed northbound on the Pacific Motorway at Nerang and continued into the Brisbane CBD where the vehicle was monitored by POLAIR before
Fatal traffic crash, Pechey
Forensic Crash Unit officers are investigating after a man died in a single vehicle crash south of Crows Nest this morning.
Preliminary inquiries indicate at 10.20am a van was headed east on Pechey-Maclagan Road near the intersection with the New England Highway when the vehicle has left the road and hit a tree.
The driver and sole occupant, a Jondaryan man in his eighties, died at the scene.
Investigations are continuing.
Update: Serious traffic crash, West Woombye
A man has passed away in hospital from injuries sustained in a single vehicle crash at West Woombye on New Year’s Eve.
Around 8.50pm police received reports a car had crashed into a tree on Blackall Range Road.
The driver and sole occupant, a 21-year-old West Woombye man, was freed from the vehicle by emergency services in a critical condition.
He was transported to Nambour Hospital before being flown to Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital where he died this morning as a result of his injuries.
The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating.
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.
Quote this reference number: QP1900000250
Update: Serious wounding, Yeppoon
Detectives have charged a 22-year-old woman following the alleged assault of a man in Yeppoon in the early hours of this morning.
Police will allege at around 3.30am emergency services were called to a house in Jeffries Street to treat a man with a chest wound.
A 39-year-old man Yeppoon man was transported to hospital with life threating injuries.
The 22-year-old woman from Yeppoon, who is known to the man, will face court tomorrow via link-up with Bundaberg charged with attempted murder.
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.
Quote this reference number: QP1900002964
NYE celebrations – Gold Coast
Revellers across Queensland were well behaved as the state welcomed 2019.
Whilst police across Queensland reported a busy night as people farewelled one year and welcomed another, revellers at major events throughout the state were mostly well behaved.
Overall crowds on the Gold Coast were family orientated with large numbers seen at many public events and celebratory locations.
The large crowds across the Coast for NYE saw police arrest 58 people on 90 charges with one police officer left with a broken nose following an alleged assault*.
Across the Gold Coast District some of the charges included assault occasioning bodily harm, going armed so as to cause fear (knife), possessing of stolen property and three counts of stealing.
Nineteen people were charged with drug offences and six with possessing a drug utensil.
Officers conducted more than 1,000 random breath tests and issued 44 traffic infringement notices.
Many incidents were minor in nature and related to anti-social behaviour