Police have released CCTV footage of an armed robbery at a Mackay hotel bottleshop, as investigations continue to find the perpetrators. The video shows a white Nissan Navara pull up in the drive-through lane around 8pm on Wednesday, 26 July. A masked man in a hoodie gets out of the passenger side holding a shotgun, […]
Police were called to the Robina Pavilion after reports a man that had been evicted from the pub had returned, reversing his Commodore through the entrance. The incident took place Wednesday night, around 8pm, after the 27-year-old man was reportedly kicked out of the Gold Coast hotel for being too drunk. With his girlfriend in
CCTV caught a patron fighting off a machete-wielding bandit in a Gold Coast pub with a stool and a pot plant. Local Andrew Ormsby was enjoying an evening in the Mermaid Beach Tavern around 12:45am Friday when he heard a scream, and thought someone had won a major jackpot. Approaching the gaming room bar, he
Two men are being hunted and one has been arrested over two stabbing deaths in licensed venue carparks. Around 6pm on Monday night (1 July) an argument between three men took place in the carpark of Porters Plainland Hotel, west of Brisbane. The situation escalated, and 53-year-old Paul Rock sustained multiple stab wounds. Witnesses say
A heritage-listed pub in suburban Brisbane has gone up in flames for the third time in eight years, shortly following a $260 million development application for the site. The Broadway Hotel on Logan Road Woolloongabba was built 1889 for publican Michael McKenna by architects John Hall & Son. It showcases late Victorian architecture, influenced by
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A young man has been charged with grievous bodily harm after reportedly assaulting another man with a glass in a Gold Coast hotel over the weekend. Police report that around 1am on Saturday (7 July) at the Coolangatta Hotel, a 34-year-old man is believed to have asked a woman dancing to stop bumping into him.
Queensland Police have released further information and an image of a man, in the pursuit of the so-called “Jackpot Bandits” linked to the armed robbery of multiple late-night hotels. Detectives from Operation Quebec Point report they have linked the bandits to at least eight armed hold-ups since November, mostly hotels, and a Riverhills service station
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Five men have been charged following a brawl outside Brisbane’s Boundary Hotel on Sunday night in which two police officers were assaulted and injured. Police were called to the corner of Boundary and Jane Streets shortly after midnight, after the hotel’s closure, where up to 12 men were fighting. A male and female officer trying
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Police in Queensland are investigating the attempted ‘armed’ hold-up of a Brisbane pub, after a man demanded cash and threatened a staffer with a finger-pistol in his jacket. The weapon-less man entered the ALH-run Pub Lane Tavern just before closing at midnight last Thursday and approached a staff member, who refused to hand over money
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