Queensland Police retrieve body from Downfall Creek near Chermside Westfield

Police have declared a crime scene after a body was discovered in a creek near Westfield Chermside on Brisbane’s north.

Police are investigating after a body was found at Chermside. Picture: David Clark.

Police have revealed the death of a man near a creek in Brisbane’s north is not suspicious, after establishing a crime scene and bringing in police divers earlier this morning.

The body was retrieved by emergency workers from Downfall Creek along Murphy Rd, near Westfield Shopping Centre at Chermside, about 11.30am.

Police divers arrive at Downfall Creek, where the body of a man was discovered the morning of Thursday, March 30. Picture: Sarah Keszler

Police divers arrived shortly before 1pm and were seen assessing creek.

Construction workers at a site next to the creek have been at the scene talking to police.

Firefighters called to Downfall Creek at Chermside, where a body has been found. Picture: David Clark

A Queensland Police Service spokeswoman said they believed it was a man.

“A member of the public called it in to us,” she said.

“The area has now been declared as a crime scene.”

Police and plain-clothed detectives remain at the site and are yet to remove the body from parkland next to the river.

Investigations are continuing into cause of death and it is understood next of kin is currently being traced.