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A unit in Arabella Court, Bardon was targeted in the early hours of the morning on May 3, when offenders entered the residence by climbing onto a second level balcony and gaining entry through an unlocked and partially open sliding glass door.
Property items have been stolen from within the unit including keys to a black Toyota Landcruiser 4WD with Queensland registration 764REK, which was also stolen.
Police are calling on public assistance to help identify those involved in this offence and to locate the stolen vehicle.
This offence highlights the need to secure your premises at all times, even if you live on levels above the ground floor.

Offenders are generally opportunistic and by securing doors and windows residents can help to deter offenders and prevent crime.
Police are reminding residents of unit complexes and multi-level homes of the importance of locking doors and windows including those on upper levels, whether at home or away, in order to avoid these types

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In recent weeks police have noticed a number of ‘sneak’ break and enters of homes in the Inner West Patrol Group area of Brisbane. Suburbs affected include Indooroopilly, Kenmore, Mitchelton, Toowong, Fig Tree Pocket and some other surrounding suburbs.
‘Sneak’ offences occur when the residents are at home and offenders gain easy entry to the home by slipping in and out of the house quickly stealing valuables they see within easy reach. In most instances offenders enter the home through an unlocked door, window or open garage door.
Offences have been are occurring through the day and night including into the early hours of the morning. Offenders often target wallets, handbags, cash, small jewellery items, portable electronic devices such as mobile phones and car keys.
Some residents have reported that their vehicle have been stolen using the keys stolen from inside their home.
Security screens on windows and doors are a good deterrent and

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I want to take this opportunity to clarify a few issues arising from the Queensland Audit Office (QAO) performance audit on criminal justice data.
It has been reported in some media outlets today that the Queensland Police Service (QPS) has been ‘fudging’ or ‘rorting’ crime statistics and that there is a culture of ‘cover-ups’.
I want to be very clear – nothing could be further from the truth.
A thorough reading of the report spells out that the QAO found no corrupt behaviour, systemic or otherwise, during its audit of our crime data.
Yes – the audit found several deficiencies but they are procedural and process anomalies linked directly to the complexity of the environment our officers work in every day. An environment that is rapidly changing.
I am not trying to downplay these issues, but would merely like to put this into context.
And, I am not sugar-coating the issue – there are clearly things

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Like every one else – I read the news.  The “can you hear me?” phone scam has reportedly been prolific in the United States and the United Kingdom since very early in 2017.
Weeks ago I was interested to read that the phone scam had hit Australia’s shores.
I just had lunch with one of the Mackay police station’s Volunteer in Policing who received a “Can you hear me?” phone call at their home number on Monday April 24!!
What do you need to know? Victims receive an unsolicited phone call (business or home number) … after you answer, the scammer will simply say “Can you hear me?” several times.  Most people say “yes”.
The scammer then ends the call. It is believed that the scammer is recording your “yes” response and that this recording is being used to authorise payments or charges – in your name!!! Good luck disputing or contesting the payment or charge

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The Queensland Police Service in partnership with the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) have today closed a joint operation targeting a network involved in the sale and distribution of cocaine and ice across Brisbane.
Operation Oscar Decimal commenced in February 2016 and culminated with the execution of 11 search warrants on a number of Brisbane residential and business addresses this morning, including a Toowong restaurant.
The search warrants resulted in the arrest of several people on drug related matters, including a 40-year-old Fig Tree Pocket man for trafficking cocaine.
While enquiries remain ongoing, four people have been arrested this morning on 30 serious drug related charges. Police have also seized drugs valued at $750,000.
Investigators are currently working with officers from the Crime and Corruption Commission with respect to commencement of proceeds of crime action.

If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per

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A man and a woman have died south of Maryborough on the final day of the 2017 Easter Road Safety Campaign, with the road toll for the holiday period at two.
At 3.15pm, a car was travelling northbound on the Bruce Highway when it hit a vehicle travelling southbound, six kilometres north of Tiaro yesterday.
A teenage boy was airlifted to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in a critical condition, and two men and a woman were transported to hospital in a serious condition.
More than 4300 motorists were detected speeding on Easter Monday, including a motorcyclist who was allegedly travelling at 225km/h in a 100 zone on the M1 through Loganholme.
Other high-range speed detections on Day 5 of the Easter Break campaign include:
• 223km/h in a 110 zone on the Bruce Highway through the Glass House Mountains;
• 190km/h in a 70 zone on Nicklin Way in Warana;
• 150km/h in a 90

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Extra police are out in force today across Queensland road networks as motorists travel home on the last day of the Easter long weekend.
More than 3,700 motorists were detected speeding on Easter Sunday including a motorcyclist who was allegedly travelling at 183km/h in a 100km/h zone on the Sunshine Motorway.
A 25-year-old Wellesley Island man has been charged with drink driving, driving unlicensed and failing to stop for police after being intercepted by police on Dijinkiya Streett on Mornington Island around 11pm last night.
The man had allegedly stopped his vehicle in the middle of the road but started driving off when officers approached the vehicle.
The man then allegedly provided a BAC of 0.252, more than five times the legal alcohol limit.
He is due to appear in the Mornington Island Magistrates Court on May 9.
Other high-range speed detections on Day 4 of the Easter Break campaign include:
• 187km/h in a 110km/h zone

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A 25-year-old man from Western Australia had his driver’s licence immediately suspended and has been charged with high range drink driving after being intercepted by police in Cairns late last night.
Around 10.30pm, police intercepted a Subaru station wagon on Spence Street in the Cairns CBD after Cairns City Safe operators alerted them to a possible drink driver. It will be alleged the driver of the vehicle returned a BAC of 0.174.
The 25-year-old man is due to appear in the Cairns Magistrates Court on May 8, 2017.
More than 3,000 motorists were detected speeding on Easter Saturday, including one driver travelling in the Airport Link Tunnel at 150km/h in an 80km/h zone.
Other high-range speeding offences include:

172km/h in a 110km/h zone on the Pacific Motorway, Gaven;
151km/h in a 100km/h zone on the Pacific Motorway, Loganholme;
147km/h in a 100km/h zone on the Pacific Motorway, Loganholme;
137km/h in a 100km/h zone on the Leichhardt Highway, Goondiwindi.

The

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The QPS Dog Squad just sent through this vision of something very unusual they saw during training this afternoon. It can be downloaded below.
http://cdn.bp.mypolice.qld.gov.au.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/04/15/164927_Easter_01.mp4 Download Video
Happy Easter from Police Media!

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A motorcyclist has been detected allegedly travelling almost 200km/hour on the Bruce Highway on day 1 of the Easter Break phase for the Queensland Police Service’s Road Safety Campaign.
The motorcycle was snapped yesterday by a speed camera on the Bruce Highway at Landsborough doing 193km/hour in a 110 zone.
There were more than 3,400 vehicles detected speeding and over 11,000 RBTs (Random Breath Tests) performed with 41 people charged with drink driving.
A 22-year-old Sunset man was charged after allegedly returning a BAC (Blood Alcohol Concentrate) of .273% in the carpark of a fast food outlet at Mount Isa just before midnight.
Police also attended two serious traffic crashes, one at Peak Crossing around 5.50pm where a ute and truck collided on Warrill View Peak Crossing Road.
The 18-year-old male driver of the ute was airlifted in a critical condition to Princess Alexandra Hospital.
A 54-year-old male pedestrian has also received life-threatening head injuries after

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