Staggering increase in Qld cocaine use revealed
A drug expert has revealed the incredible increase in cocaine use in Queensland while police say they are seeing more coke seizures than they ever had. HOTSPOTS MAPPED, DRUG CRIMS NAMED
Police & Courts
‘Reports, 13+ witnesses’: Murder hearing for 14yo girl nears
Key witness details and what needs to happen before an upcoming hearing into the high-profile alleged murder of a 24-year-old man at a Qld caravan park can be revealed.
‘Code black’: Patient’s meltdown puts hospital in lockdown
Paramedics were forced to lock themselves in ambulances and a doctor rushed to block a scissors tray as a patient on meth “lost the plot” in a Qld emergency department.
Biggenden baker murder case delayed to 2026
The woman charged with killing a baker and his daughter must wait until February for her next court date as supreme court sittings dry up.
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Roofer with cocaine stash threatens to have hotel guard shot
Banned from a pub, a drunk apprentice roofer tried to go in anyway and didn’t take kindly to being booted again.
Deranged, drugged and destroying a CBD: Inside plan to take back city
Bone-chilling screams and drug-addled drifters taking over. Now even the Premier can’t unsee the scary scenes unfolding daily in a city determined to reclaim its streets. VIDEO.
Hervey Bay tobacco shops shut in landmark illegal cigarette case
In a landmark decision and a victory for Qld Health, six tobacco stores will be closed for months after they were raided and found to be selling illegal smokes and vapes.
Shaved head, ‘pretend’ chemo: Cancer scammer’s Blue Card bid
A brazen Qld liar who scammed people out of money via a years-long cancer hoax wants the state’s administrative watchdog to allow her to look after children.
Man ‘shot in back’ in another Maryborough drama
A man has been rushed to hospital after he was reportedly shot with a pellet gun on the Fraser Coast.
Wanted list: Warrants issued for court no-shows
A number of warrants have been issued for people who failed to appear in court in Hervey Bay.
‘Untimely demise’: Woman’s chilling letter before alleged rapist’s bail
So afraid she’d be killed by the man charged with choking, strangling and raping her, a woman left a letter for her family, a court heard. Now, he’s out on bail.
Investigation launched after vicious highway assault
A man has been rushed to hospital after a vicious assault in a small Qld town left him with serious head injuries.
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