Category: Gold Coast News
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DRIVER STANDS TRIAL OVER FATAL HUNTER VALLEY CRASH
A Newcastle court has heard how a passenger tried desperately to steer a car out of trouble, moments before a fatal crash in the Hunter Valley. The driver – Charles Andrew Monks – has gone on trial over the 2015 incident, with his defence team arguing he suffered a seizure at the time.
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GOLD COAST DRUG BUST
Two men will face court, after police say they found illegal drugs and cash at a residence at Palm Beach this morning. At around 8am a search warrant was executed on a Fifth Avenue house where it’s alleged a quantity of cannabis, pharmaceutical drugs and $1550 in cash were located. A 62-year-old Palm Beach man…
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POLICE SEARCHING FOR POWER TOOL OWNERS
Police on the Gold Coast are searching for the owners of power tools, after they recovered a number of items they believe were stolen from unsuspecting tradesmen. Last Tuesday, a man handed in to police a large number of power tools that he had been selling since December last year, after first purchasing from an…
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POLICE RELEASE CCTV AS PART OF SERIAL THIEF INVESTIGATIONS
Police have released new CCTV vision of a man they wish to speak with in relation to a string of property thefts across the Brisbane and Gold Coast areas. Since April this year, a large amount of vehicles and personal property have been stolen from secure carparks and garages in areas spanning from Brisbane’s north…
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POLICE SEEK TWO MEN FOLLOWING GOLD COAST BURGLARY
CCTV vision has been released as part of a Gold Coast burglary investigation. Police say just before 11:30pm yesterday, two men forced entry into a residential address in Highland Park. One of the men was armed with a firearm. During the burglary, a male resident was struck with a pair of bolt cutters, resulting in…
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DRIVER ALLEGEDLY POSTS BREATH ALCOHOL READING OF .306
A man will face court after allegedly posting a breath alcohol reading of more than six times the legal limit on the Gold Coast. Police say the man was driving his 4WD on Aegean Street in Waterford West around 10 o’clock yesterday morning, when he allegedly drove into a parked car. He then continued to…
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TWO MEN HOLD UP GOLD COAST TAKEAWAY STORE
Two men have held-up a takeaway store on the Gold Coast overnight. Police say that the men, one armed with a hunting style knife and the other claiming to have a firearm, entered the store on Frank Street in Labrador shortly after 11pm, and demanded cash from the staff. During the robbery, the men also…
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SIX TEENAGERS CHARGED FOLLOWING ALLEGED GOLD COAST HOLD-UP
Six people have been charged following the alleged armed robbery of a Gold Coast service station early this morning. Police say four people armed with knives and with their faces covered entered the business on Chambers Flat Road in Marsden just before 4am. The group allegedly threatened a staff member, before fleeing in a stolen…
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CCTV RELEASED FOLLOWING GOLD COAST SCHOOL FIRE
Police on the Gold Coast have released CCTV footage as their investigations into a school fire last year continue. The building at a school on Tallebudgera Creek Road in Tallebudgera was set alight around 11pm on April 25 in 2016. The building was extensively damaged, and police deemed the fire as suspicious. CCTV recovered at…
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MARATHON PUTS STAND-UP PADDLE-BOARDERS TO THE TEST
Queensland’s best stand up paddle boarders and ocean skiers have completed a water marathon, paddling from Rainbow Bay to Currumbin Creek. The long course event is part of the immersive SUP and paddle festival, with marathon winners selected for the state team.