MAN USES TO KEG TO BUST INTO PUB FOR A BEER
One determined Queensland patron was caught on CCTV using an empty beer keg to break in to a pub so he could get another beer. The drunk man was filmed throwing a keg at a side door of the Howl
ARMED ROBBERIES REEK OF DRUG DESPERATION
Pubs in NSW and Queensland were victims of armed robberies by amateurs over the weekend, shocking victims with firearms to secure small amounts of cash. Just before midnight on Saturday, two men entered Spirit Hotels’ Hotel HQ in Logan, in
UPDATE: MELBOURNE PUB ARSON INSIDE JOB
A fire that destroyed a new near-complete Melbourne pub last October was deliberately lit by the builder struggling to meet the opening deadline. Police investigated the arson attack, reported by Andrew Winston McMahon at the time as started by two
BUMBLING BANDITS JAILED FOR ROBBING PUB WHERE THEY WORKED
Four former employees of the Vegas Hotel have been sentenced for a brazen robbery on the Kings Cross pub in mid-2013. CCTV caught the dramatic break-in and heist – all staged to draw attention from the four employees’ identities. Their
POLICE SEEK 2 MEN WHO BASHED HOTELIER AND SET HOTEL ON FIRE
[caption id="attachment_6127" align="alignright" width="330"] CCTV footage (see below) shows bandits dragging the hotel manager[/caption] Police are appealing to the public for information about two men that assaulted a hotel owner and set the building alight with people sleeping inside. Around
KINGS CROSS OWNER CONVICTED FOR OPERATING ILLEGAL BAR
The DreamGirls nightmare has continued for owner Michael Frank Amante, as battles with OLGR and a raid in December result in closure of the venue, and now his conviction. Police and officers of OLGR (now Liquor & Gaming NSW –
PUBLICAN DODGES JAIL AFTER CHEATING TABCORP TO PAY THE BILLS
A NSW publican has narrowly escaped jail after being caught defrauding Tabcorp of nearly $45,000 in late 2015. Keith Douglas Cummings is the owner and licensee of the Candelo Hotel, in Candelo, near Bega. [caption id="attachment_5993" align="aligncenter" width="598"] Candelo Hotel,
PUB BANDITS STEAL THOUSANDS AND BASH FEMALE MANAGERS
Police are searching for two men that committed a violent robbery and assault at Gladstone’s Central Lane Hotel on Monday morning. CCTV footage showed a man armed with an axe force his way into the Hotel behind a female manger
QUEUES AT BRUNSWICK PUB FOR ICE AND COCAINE
Managers from a Brunswick pub have appeared in Court over charges relating to “huge amounts” of drugs sold on the premises. The sale of drugs was reportedly so prolific customers had to queue outside the hotel’s office to purchase their
MELBOURNE PUB AND CLUB OPERATORS FACE DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES
Three men from two late-trading Melbourne music venues have been charged with drug trafficking offences, drawing attention to operator regulation in Victoria. Manager Paul Polito and Chris Lytras – believed to be the owner – of Brunswick’s Railway Hotel appeared
