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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 to defend their homes. But Whitsunday police have warned against such action, with Senior Sergeant ...

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 "no lawful reason" to be carrying the knife at the time. He was charged with possessing a knife in ...

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 "no lawful reason" to be carrying the knife at the time. He was charged with possessing a knife in ...

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 Whitsundays,” he said. It comes as two drivers were found to be behind the wheel while under the effect...

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 Nathan Blain said. “The offenders are still outstanding, but we are encouraging people to lock up...