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Police investigating a break and enter at a Boonah service station earlier this year have released footage as part of an appeal for information.
Around 3.20am on Saturday, March 28 three masked thieves forced their way into the Walter Street business.
Once inside the trio used tools to pry open cupboards containing cigarettes and remove a number of drawers.
The thieves then fled in what appears to be an Iveco Daily van.
Anyone who may have seen any suspicious activity in these areas around the time of the incident is urged to contact police.

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If you have information for police, contact Policelink by providing information using the online suspicious activity form 24hrs per day at www.police.qld.gov.au/reporting.You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day.

Quote this reference number: QP2000623226 within the online suspicious activity form.

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Detectives from the Gold Coast Child Protection and Investigation Unit have charged a 34-year-old man in relation to 85 offences for allegedly illegally recording in a public toilet at Burleigh Heads.
It is alleged in August last year an 11-year-old boy entered the toilet cubicle at a shopping complex at Burleigh Heads when he noticed a mobile phone filming him under the wall of the next cubicle. He immediately left the toilets and notified his mother.
A protracted police investigation began which led them to an address at Highland Park where a search warrant was executed and a mobile phone seized.
It is alleged 85 separate recordings of males, including juveniles, all using the same toilet facility were located by police.
The recordings are alleged to have occurred between April 2018 and August 2019.
A 34-year-old Highland Park man has been charged with 85 counts of observations and recordings in breach of privacy.
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Three teenagers have been charged with several offences following an alleged dangerous driving incident involving a stolen Porsche Cayenne, stretching from the Gold Coast to the Sunshine Coast overnight.
Polair tracked the stolen SUV after police attempted to intercept the vehicle around 7:30pm last night on the Gold Coast Highway in Surfers Paradise. The vehicle accelerated away heading north.
Polair tracked the vehicle north on the Pacific and Gateway Motorways before merging onto the Bruce Highway. At North Lakes a marked police vehicle attempted to intercept however it will be alleged the Porsche accelerated north at dangerously high speeds, estimated to be in excess of 200km/h.
At 8:40pm police deployed a Tyre Deflation Device (TDD) on the northbound lanes of the Bruce Highway in the vicinity of Pumicetone Passage. The TDD was unsuccessful and the vehicle continued travelling north at dangerous speeds.
Polair continued to track the vehicle and around 9:15pm police successfully deployed

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A 46-year-old male senior constable from Brisbane Region has been suspended from the Queensland Police Service.
The officer is being investigated in relation to allegations of two counts of make child exploitation material pursuant to the Criminal Code.
He was subsequently arrested, charged and released on conditional bail to appear at Ipswich Magistrates Court on July 28, 2020.
In keeping with our commitment to high standards of behaviour, transparency and accountability, we have undertaken to inform the public when an officer faces serious allegations of misconduct.  This does not mean the allegations against the officer have been substantiated.
Information about the Queensland Police Service Integrity framework can be found at: https://www.police.qld.gov.au/corporatedocs/reportsPublications/other/Documents/QPS-ESC-Integrity-Framework.pdf
Information about compliments and complaints can be found at: https://www.police.qld.gov.au/online/ComplimentsandComplaints.htm

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Detectives investigating the sudden death of a 36-year-old woman have determined the death to be non-suspicious following the results of a post-mortem examination and extensive investigations into the circumstances surrounding her death.
The woman was located deceased at a residence in Francoise Street, Eagleby, on the morning of May 27.
Police will now prepare a report for the coroner.

If you have information for police, contact Policelink by providing information using the online suspicious activity form 24hrs per day at www.police.qld.gov.au/reporting.You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day.

Quote this reference number: QP2001090924 within the online suspicious activity form.

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Forensic Crash Unit officers are investigating a fatal traffic crash early this morning near Torbanlea.
Around 1.45am a sedan was heading south on the Bruce highway when it has collided with a truck that was also headed south.
The male driver and female passenger of the sedan, both from Maryborough, died at the scene.
The truck driver was not physically injured.
Investigations are continuing.

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Police have charged three men over a number of boat fires at Hope Harbour Marina in early June this year.
It is alleged around 11.15pm on June 2, a number of boats were engulfed in flames at the John Lund Drive marina.
It will be alleged a number of people were seen throwing petrol onto one of the boats before setting it alight.
There were five boats in total sustaining various degrees of fire and heat damage.
No one was injured during the incident.
A 33-year-old man from Dugandan has been charged with three counts of arson and one count each of attempted fraud, enter premises with intent to commit an indictable offence and endanger property by fire.
He is due to appear in the Southport Magistrates Court on August 26.
Two men aged 21 and 25 years from Fernvale have both been charged with three counts of arson and one count each of enter premises

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Three people have been charged with drug offences after a raid on a rural property near Noosa yesterday uncovered a caravan and shipping container allegedly set up as hydroponic grow houses.
Police will allege officers from Noosa Criminal Investigation Branch, who executed a search warrant on the address on Campbells Road in Cootharaba, also located amphetamines, cannabis, implements, ammunition, an imitation pistol and a sum of cash.
A further search of the property resulted in the discovery of 152 Cannabis plants in three separate areas which included the caravan and shipping container.
Police also seized a suspected stolen Suzuki motor cycle re-identified with false VIN number.
Two men and a woman were arrested at the location and transported to Noosa police station.
A 31-year-old Pomona man has been charged with three counts of possess dangerous drugs and one count each of produce dangerous drugs, contravene accesses information, possess things used in commission of crime, possess

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Detectives are investigating an arson incident at Logan Reserve during the early hours of this morning.
Emergency services were called to the Killara Boulevard address around 2:15am to find smoke coming from a house.
Initial investigations suggest a number of bottles of an unknown flammable substance were thrown at the property, sparking a fire in the kitchen.
A car was also set alight at the front of the dwelling.
All occupants, including a 20-year-old man, a 19-year-old woman and a baby, were all accounted for and the fires were quickly brought under control.
A crime scene was established around 3:30am.
Investigations are continuing into the incident.

If you have information for police, contact Policelink by providing information using the online suspicious activity form 24hrs per day at www.police.qld.gov.au/reporting.You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day.

Quote this reference number: QP2001209347 within the online suspicious

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Sunshine Coast detectives have charged a man with eight offences after two vehicles were allegedly stolen at knife point and a police car rammed yesterday afternoon.
It will be alleged that a 32-year-old Brisbane man was forced from his vehicle by a man armed with a knife at around 2pm on Mooloolaba Esplanade.
It will be alleged the man committed multiple offences in the now stolen vehicle, including a fuel drive off at Peregian Beach and two minor traffic crashes including ramming into the rear of a trailer being towed by a car on Maroochydore Road at around 2.20pm.
Around 3.50pm a motorist called Triple Zero in relation to the dangerous driving of the stolen vehicle as it travelled south on David Low Way.
Around 4pm the vehicle clipped the side of a bus it was attempted to overtake on Sobraon Street, Sunrise Beach before abandoning the damaged stolen vehicle in nearby Driftwood Drive.
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