Tag: gold coast
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MAN ALLEGEDLY RETURNS POSITIVE BREATH TEST WITH SON IN THE VEHICLE
A driver allegedly returned a breath test six times the legal alcohol limit on the Gold Coast overnight. As part of the Christmas road safety campaign in Queensland, police intercepted a 44-year-old Labrador man at Witherin, who allegedly provided a reading of 0.3. Police say the man’s adolescent son was a front seat passenger. As…
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POLICE SEEK PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OVER VIOLENT GOLD COAST ROBBERY
Police have released CCTV images of a man they are hoping will be able to assist them in relation to a violent robbery on the Gold Coast earlier this year. Around 6:20pm on November 30, on a man entered a convenience store on Aubrey Street in Surfers Paradise. After asking for cigarettes, the man tried…
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ASSISTANCE SOUGHT TO FIND MISSING GOLD COAST MAN
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a 48-year-old man reported missing from the Gold Coast. Martin Barrell was last seen at an address on Regatta Drive in Oxenford around 10:30 in the morning on December 28. Mr Barrell has not been seen by friends or family since, and concerns are held for…
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GOLF BUGGY MISHAP RESULTS IN PASSENGER DEATH ON THE GOLD COAST
Police are investigating a fatal vehicle crash on the Gold Coast, after one of the men involved died of his injuries yesterday afternoon. According to police, around 8:40pm on Monday, a golf buggy with three male occupants was travelling on Bolsena Circuit in Hope Island, when the front seat passenger has fallen out and struck…
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SAFETY BLITZ NETS DRINK DRIVERS ON THE GOLD COAST
The Christmas Road Safety Campaign has continued to net speeding and drink-driving motorists on the Gold Coast. In one incident, a 33-year-old woman was charged after allegedly returning a Breath Alcohol Concentration of 0.252, more than five times the legal limit at Burleigh Heads around 6pm last night. Almost 1,600 speeding motorists were also nabbed…
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HOLD-UP DOESN’T GO COMPLETELY TO PLAN IN SURFERS PARADISE
A man armed with a handgun has held up a licensed premises on the Gold Coast overnight. At around 9:30pm, the man entered the venue on Pine Avenue in Surfers Paradise, demanding money. A 26-year-old female staff member handed over a sum of cash. The man has then attempted to flee, but slipped and dropped…
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POLICE HUNT TRIO AFTER GOLD COAST ROBBERY
Three men are on the run after a robbery on the Gold Coast earlier today. According to police, about 10 o’clock this morning three men wearing balaclavas entered an automotive business on Kendor Street in Arundel. Reports suggest the men forced a 65-year-old male staff member to the ground before tying him up. They then…
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GOLD COAST MAN THREATENS WOMAN AND CHILD
A man is wanted by police after he threatened a woman and a child on the Gold Coast yesterday afternoon. 48-year-old Darren Windeatt went to a unit on Bottlewood Circuit in Burleigh Waters yesterday, where he is alleged to have physically threatened a 43-year-old woman and a five-year-old girl. The woman and child are thought…
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CONCERNS HELD FOR MISSING GOLD COAST MAN
Police are appealing to the public to help locate a man reported missing on the Gold Coast. Stephen Naylor was last seen at an address on Katandra Crescent in Ormeau, around 9am on October 2. Police hold concerns for the 57-year-old, as he suffers from a medical condition. He is described as Caucasian with a…
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WEAPONS CHARGES LAID ON THE GOLD COAST
Two men have been charged with weapon offences after they allegedly threatened a third man on the Gold Coast. Shortly before 10pm last night, police responded to reports of a disturbance at an address on Salamau Drive in Runaway Bay. Police allege two men, armed with a baseball bat and a rifle, attended the address…