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Premium Content Subscriber only Crime and the rate its being committed is down on last year in latest state government figures but the scourge of domestic violence continues to terrorise behind closed doors. There were 26,919 reported offences in the region in 2019-20, down on the 27,334 reported in 2018-19. The rate of offences per 100,000 people had also reduced by almost 4 per cent from 2019-20 to the previous financial year. Murder rates were down year on year and a significant drop of ...

1kg heroin, cash and firearms seized in joint investigation, Gold Coast A joint Queensland Police, Australian Border Force (ABF) and Australian Federal Police (AFP) investigation has resulted in the arrest of a Robina (Queensland) man, charged in connection with attempting to import a kilogram of heroin into Queensland. Officers from the ABF, in Sydney had recently detected the heroin which had been sent through the international mail stream. As part of a joint agency investigation into the sup...

Gold Coast man charged after allegedly trying to import $500,000 in heroin We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement A Gold Coast man has been arrested and charged after allegedly trying to import more than half a million dollars worth of heroin. The 20-year-old was charged with 10 offences after police searched a Robina property and found a .22-caliber pistol with a silencer, a sawn-off .410 shotgun, ammunition, more th...

Date Time New assistant commissioners announced 26 February Commissioner Katarina Carroll today announced the appointment of four new assistant commissioners to the Queensland Police Service (QPS). The new assistant commissioners are: • Assistant Commissioner Brian Swan APM, currently Chief Superintendent, District Officer, Logan District; • Assistant Commissioner Mark Wheeler APM, currently Chief Superintendent, District Officer, Gold Coast District; • Assistant Commissioner Katherine In...

Wicked Local LITTLETON -- George Sanders is well known in town for his many volunteer efforts and commitment to the towns civic life. In addition to serving on several committees, Sanders regularly attends Town Meeting. When Sanders thinks about Black History Month, he thinks of his long military career, which presented both opportunities -- including nuclear and chemical specialization --- and hurdles. Eye on history Sanders attended a segregated school growing up in South Carolina. "We we...

Migration agent charged with $800k fraud The director of two Queensland-based migration services has been charged with targeting 23 migrant visa holders and defrauding them over a two-year period. Crime by Chris Clarke, Patrick Billings 19th Feb 2021 4:43 PM Premium Content A man has been charged with defrauding two migration companies between 2015 and 2017. Lubo Lubinko Raskovic, 52, has been charged with 23 fraud offences ...

Date Time Police charge man in major fraud investigation A 52-year-old man has been charged with 23 fraud offences as part of a protracted investigation by the Crime and Intelligence Command’s Financial and Cyber Crime Group. The man was arrested February 17 in Sydney after Queensland Police, with assistance from New South Wales Police, executed a search warrant on a Harris Park address. Electronic devices and documentation were seized during the search. Operation Romeo Avid was launched in 2...

Date Time Changes in culture of OMCGs The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) has today released two papers revealing the changing culture within outlaw motorcycle gangs (OMCG) and the effects on members, as described by former OMCG members themselves. These papers, prepared by the AIC’s Serious and Organised Crime Research Laboratory in partnership with Queensland Police Service, highlight the recruitment of increasingly violent and criminally inclined new members and the need to devel...

$250,000 reward to help solve cold case murder 21 years on A $250,000 reward is on the table to help solve the disappearance and likely murder of a man more than two decades ago. The last known sighting of Steven James Goldsmith was at the Commonwealth Bank ATM in the riverside suburb of New Farm, in Brisbane. He was seen on CCTV taking money out on July 10, 2000. Steven Goldsmith was last seen in the Brisbane suburb of New Farm in 2000.(Queensland Police) Detectives believe he went missing eit...

Crime by Elise Williams Premium Content Subscriber only The mother who police have listed as the main person of interest in relation to a suspicious child death can be revealed as a decorated medical researcher working for one of Queenslands most prestigious research institutes. The Courier-Mail can reveal Sabita Neupane, 32, remains the focal point of a police investigation into the death of her five-month-old baby girl, who died under suspicious circumstanc...