Category: Gold Coast News
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TEEN ALLEGEDLY LEADS GOLD COAST POLICE ON MARATHON PURSUIT
An accused teenage car-jacker is tonight behind bars after a marathon manhunt. Police say the fugitive’s reckless rampage spanned hundreds of kilometres.
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TWO CHARGED, ONE ON THE RUN, AFTER ALLEGED GOLD COAST PURSUIT
Two men have been charged over their alleged involvement in a police pursuit on the Gold Coast. Police say they observed a stolen Volkswagen travelling on Kessels Road at MacGregor, south of Brisbane, just before 9pm last night. Police tracked the vehicle along the M1, until road spikes were successfully used to stop the vehicle…
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GOLD COAST MAN CHARGED OVER A SPATE OF ALLEGED ATM ROBBERIES
A Gold Coast man will face court over the robbery and attempted robbery of nine ATM machines across South East Queensland. The 34-year-old from Helensvale will appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court charged with various offences including four counts of entering a premises and committing an indictable offence. Police say the ATM’s were located in shopping…
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GOLD COAST DRIVER CHARGED AFTER ALLEGEDLY CRASHING STOLEN UTE
A Gold Coast man has been charged after allegedly crashing a stolen motor vehicle on the weekend. Police say just before 10pm on Sunday night, a ute was seen driving erratically at Burleigh Heads, before running a red light and crashing a short time later at University Drive in Robina. Two men allegedly attempted to…
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WOMAN’S BODY DISCOVERED ON GOLD COAST CONSTRUCTION SITE
The body of a woman has been discovered on a construction site on the Gold Coast. A member of the public notified police after they located the deceased female at a construction site on Beach Road in Surfers Paradise at around 7:30am Investigations into a cause of death are continuing.
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FIREARM POINTED AT GOLD COAST EMPLOYEES LEAVING WORK
Two women on the Gold Coast have been threatened at gunpoint while leaving work overnight. The two employees of a Highland Park tavern on Alexander Drive were leaving work at around 10.30pm, when they noticed a man loitering in the rear carpark. The man, who was wearing a motorcycle helmet, approached their vehicle as it…
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RUSSIAN COACH PREPS GOLD COAST GYMNASTS TO TAKE ON THE WORLD
The country’s next top gymnasts have worked up a sweat under the hands of Russia’s best High Performance coach at Burleigh today. Liubov Krasilnikoka putting them through an intensive rhythmic gymnastics course as they prepare to take on the world stage. Three local girls will compete in Japan and China later this year.
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TWO TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER GOLD COAST UTE CRASH
Two men have been taken into custody after an allegedly stolen vehicle crashed on the Gold Coast. Police say that a ute was seen driving erratically at Burleigh Heads shortly before 10pm last night, before responding to reports that there had been a traffic crash at University Drive in Robina. Two men had fled the…
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WOMAN STABBED IN ALLEGED GOLD COAST ALTERCATION
A 26-year-old man has been charged after a woman was injured by a sword in Southport overnight. Police say that around 11:30pm, a man and woman were allegedly involved in an altercation at a home on High Street, when the woman was struck with a sword. She was transported to Gold Coast University Hospital with…
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TWO OFFICERS ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED AT GOLD COAST PARTY
Four teenagers have been charged after two police officers were allegedly assaulted at Upper Coomera in the early hours of this morning. Around 1:15am, police responded to a noise complaint at a private residence on Meadow Way, where they found a large group of teenagers who had been attending a party. Two constables, a male…