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Premium Content Subscriber only Frustrated residents considering taking the law into their own hands and apprehending thieves targeting their property are being warned to leave crime fighting to the authorities. A spate of car thefts and home break-ins have put residents on guard, with comments lighting up social media calling for community-lead action to drive the offenders out of town. Mounting reports of stolen property in recent weeks have lead some residents to question whether they needed...

Premium Content Subscriber only A man found with a large knife stuffed down his pants near the Whitsunday police station will appear in court next month after creating a disturbance in public. Whitsunday Senior Sergeant Nathan Blain said officers attention was drawn to a man acting erratically on Altman Avenue about 3am on April 11. Officers spoke with a 44-year-old Cannonvale man and a search of his person allegedly found a large knife in his pants. Senior Sergeant Blain said the man had "...

Premium Content Subscriber only A man found with a large knife stuffed down his pants near the Whitsunday police station will appear in court next month after creating a disturbance in public. Whitsunday Senior Sergeant Nathan Blain said officers attention was drawn to a man acting erratically on Altman Avenue about 3am on April 11. Officers spoke with a 44-year-old Cannonvale man and a search of his person allegedly found a large knife in his pants. Senior Sergeant Blain said the man had "...

Premium Content Subscriber only More police will be on the roads detecting impaired drivers as additional training is rolled out across the Whitsundays. Officers from Bowen in the north to Proserpine and surrounds to the south will undergo training for roadside drug testing. Whitsunday Senior Sergeant Nathan Blain said the training was ongoing as part of a statewide rollout after the need was identified for more upskilled officers. “It will increase the capabilities (of officers) in the Whits...

An alarming increase in the number of homes being searched and cars stolen in Airlie Beach has prompted an urgent warning from police. Five cars have been stolen, three unlocked homes entered and 14 unlocked vehicles searched in the Airlie Beach area in the past five days. Two of the cars reported stolen have been recovered in Mackay while another was found in the Whitsundays area when it ran out of fuel. “It is likely the suspects have come from the Mackay area,” Whitsunday Senior Sergeant...

Senior Sergeant Blain said the incident was reported to police days later, on March 1, and investigations lead to the 19-year-olds arrest on March 2. Sen-Sergeant Blain said it would be alleged the incident was a "one-punch" assault resulting in serious injuries, and followed the launch of the Assault Free Zone campaign targeting anti-social and alcohol-fuelled violence in the district. The incident was recorded on City Safe cameras, which helped in the investigation. He said Whitsunday pol...

Premium Content Subscriber only A Cannonvale man was so far over the legal alcohol limit he was unable to control his car on a busy Airlie Beach road, it will be alleged. Police intercepted the 33-year-old man on Shute Harbour Rd about 11.40pm on February 26 after he was allegedly swerving in and out of the white lines, Whitsunday police officer-in-charge Nathan Blain said. The man allegedly blew 0.227 per cent and his licence was immediately suspended. The man is scheduled to appear in Pro...

She is scheduled to appear at Proserpine Magistrates Court on March 22. Sen-Sgt Blain said it was lucky no one was killed in the crash. "It just goes to show drinking and inattention can cause serious crashes," he said. Police say a driver was over the legal limit when she allegedly crashed her car and crushed a man between two vehicles. Photo: File More from Whitsunday Police: Sen-Sgt Blain said police were called to a separate incident about 9.20pm on Valentines Day, which allegedly re...

Police say he was harassing people on the vessel and had to be removed for the safety of others.

One of the men allegedly tried to run from police after they pulled over a vehicle he was in.