The daily.com.au has joined with local police to bring you regular updates on traffic offences and crime on the Sunshine Coast. We’ll tell you of motorists who have been busted, police operations targeting crime, as well as provide tips on how to prevent crime, and stay alive on our roads. Recent entries
More drink-drivers nabbed
1 CommentsPolice add yet more offenders to their stats list. >>
Drunk driver asleep at the wheel
Man four times the legal limit. >>
Drivers sober on long weekend
1 CommentsAre motorists finally heeding the drug and drink-driving warnings? >>
Teenager rolls car while drink-driving
Twenty-eight people have faced drink-driving charges in Maroochydore Magistrates Court. >>
Thirteen drink-drivers face Maroochydore court
A Marcoola housekeeper was caught drink-driving twice in one week. >>
Speedster on a phone nabbed in school zone
Local woman caught doing 72kmh outside a school. >>
Weapons surprise for local police
Police intercept vehicle in the Glasshouse Mountains. >>
Speeding drivers offer some quick excuses
Three caught travelling at least 35kmh over the limit. >>
Eagle Boys mascot beheaded
3 CommentsKings Beach man to appear in court over alleged crime. >>
A bloody defective, unlicensed idiot six times over
1 CommentsA drink-driver picked up twice one afternoon. >>
Drink-driver caught twice in one morning
2 CommentsL-plater to face court on two drink-driving charges. >>
Motorbike riders come a cropper
3 CommentsPair to face court after allegedly running off after crash. >>
When will the speeding message get through?
2 CommentsTragedy was not enough to deter driver. >>
Chef banned from driving for two years
1 CommentsDrink-drivers forced to face the music. >>
Student almost five times alcohol limit
Twenty drink-drivers convicted in Maroochydore court. >>
A case of moped madness
1 CommentsLate night jaunt lands young rider in trouble. >>
More drink drivers busted
Three Sunshine Coast drivers have lost their licences and been fined after recording blood alcohol readings more than five times the legal limit. >>
Hard lesson for a "slow learner"
A 44-year-old disqualified driver has run foul of the law twice in 10 days. >>
No brakes, no helmet, no lights ... no brains!
1 CommentsA 26-year-old cyclist couldn't have done much more to ensure he came to the attention of police ... >>
Our driving shame file
3 CommentsA driving school instructor has been busted and a string of people gone through court for drink-driving. >>
Police forced to use pepper spray
A 20-year-old man involved in a domestic dispute on Monday was subdued with capsicum spray. >>
Drink-driver carried in for breath test
A female drink-driver was so drunk that police had to carry her into Maroochydore Police Station to undertake a breath test. >>
Eagle-eyed former officers on the job
Man stopped after driving away from Ettamogah Pub. >>
Two drivers over the limit
Two people were caught drink-driving on Sunday night. >>
Row with mum leads to DUI arrest
A mother tried to stop her 19-year-old son from driving after he had been drinking. >>
Invisible mate blamed for car crash
1 CommentsA man involved in a crash on the Bruce Highway after a night out at a Brisbane casino blamed his “imaginary friend” for the accident. >>
Drink and drugs a dangerous mix
A vehicle was spotted swerving from side to side between Pomona and Cooroy. >>
Poor sport takes referee to task
Altercation at game ends up costing teenager $300. >>
Sorry officer, but I was running late
A disqualified driver allegedly admitted driving himself to court. >>
Will drink-drivers ever learn?
Latest arrests amaze Coast police. >>
A bridge too far for 'drink-driver'
A female driver was arrested after a collision on David Low Way. >>
Teen gets more than he bargains for
A 17-year-old's Sunshine Plaza visit ends behind bars >>
Two casks of wine too many
1 CommentsA man allegedly admitted having drunk two casks of wine when police found him sitting in a car in the middle of the Esplanade at Golden Beach. >>
Drinking and driving on the water is not on
Water Police are amazed boaties are continuing to commit drink-driving offences. >>
Sunrise Beach beer bust
1 CommentsWitnesses allegedly saw three men jemmying open the door of a Sunrise Beach bottle shop and then loading alcohol from it into their car boot. >>
Pair charged with theft over dumped car
1 CommentsTwo Sippy Downs brothers have been charged with the theft of a Commodore sedan found dumped in the Maroochy River last week. >>
New driver crashes Gran's car
1 CommentsA teenager had only had his driver’s licence for four days before being involved in an accident yesterday while allegedly drink-driving. >>
Boaties land in hot water
Two men charged over drink and drug offences. >>
'Residents threatened in home invasion'
Caloundra detectives have arrested a 22-year-old man over an alleged home invasion at Regent Street in Caloundra on October 17. >>
Drug blitz leads to nine arrests
3 CommentsThey have been charged with a total of 23 drug offences following the operation by Nambour detectives. >>
Have you seen stolen blue bobcat?
Thieves stole a bobcat at Glenview and drove it into the Landsborough forest area. >>
Fugitive cow refuses to come home
Beastly bovine led officers on a merry chase. >>
Dog left alone in hot car
A dog was found in a distressed state after being left in a car at Sunshine Plaza during the heat of the day yesterday. >>
Driver has 62 previous convictions
1 CommentsA 32 year old Kin Kin man is still driving after being disqualified by a court in September this year. The offender has 62 previous convictions. >>
Drag racing with a boat behind!
1 CommentsAn off-duty police officer leaving the Plaza Shopping Centre on Saturday saw two V8 Holden utes side by side at the lights on Maroochy Boulevard. >>
Doof doof music leads to charges
The sound of a loud, deep base from a car stereo system – loved by some and a real annoyance to others. >>
'Drunk in charge of a tinnie'
A boatie was allegedly caught drink-driving a tinnie on the Noosa River after suspicious Sunshine Coast Water Police police spotted him approaching a boat ramp. >>
Mini-bike rider old enough to know better
The use of mini bikes in council parks is illegal! >>
Drunk on the church wine?
A driver stopped in Mooloolaba in the early hours of this morning told police he been to church and had two sips of Eucharist wine. >>
Graffiti artists or graffiti vandals?
Graffiti costs the community hundreds of thousands of dollars. >>
Teen charged with 43 property offences
Police investigations into stolen property have identified an alleged “prolific property offender” on the Sunshine Coast. >>
Young driver's ice-cream costs $175
A young driver’s sweet tooth has cost her $175 after she was spotted weaving in a marked lane on the Sunshine Motorway at Mountain Creek around 4pm yesterday. >>
Crime spike in Buderim area
Police have identified a “crime spike” in Buderim >>
Car gets stuck in flooded creek
A man who drove his car into a flooded creek at Mount Nindery on Friday was allegedly five times over the legal breath-alcohol limit. >>
Drivers with bad attitude
A 22-year-old woman was furious with police for stopping her in Buderim yesterday – even though she had just driven through a stop sign in the rain without slowing or ... >>
Do you know where your kids are?
1 CommentsA 17-year-old youth from Redcliffe who hadn’t even had his licence for a month was caught doing 119kmh in a 60kmh zone. >>
'Prowlers' were really residents
1 CommentsSome Coolum residents locked out of their unit were left with red faces when police turned up in response to a report of a prowler. >>
Bike riders caught in crackdown
Five people have been fined this week in a crackdown on the riding of trail and quad bikes in and around suburban and bushland areas in Caloundra. >>
Weapons seized at markets
1 CommentsPolice have seized a large quantity of flick knives, knuckle dusters and other weapons from a stall at the Caloundra markets. >>
Burglars target holidaymakers
Holidaymakers are being warned to lock their doors and hide valuables after a spate of burglaries in Noosa over the past fortnight. >>
Brickie had 37 tickets but no licence!
A bricklayer caught going 40kmh over the speed limit on the Nicklin Way on the weekend was found to have never held a driver’s licence – yet he still had ... >>
Boogie board folly in floodwaters
The “idiot of the week on our roads” award goes to the driver of a four-wheel-drive towing a mate on a boogie board through the floodwaters at Noosa. >>
But I only had three glasses of wine, officer
A woman stuck to her story that she had only three glasses of wine the night before even after recording a blood-alcohol concentration of .23% yesterday. >>
Boys, 13, charged after hooning complaint
Two 13-year-olds were arrested by police investigating a complaint of hooning in the Buddina area on the weekend. >>
Dodgy steering leads to arrest
A man facing serious criminal charges was arrested after police saw an old ute weaving from side to side on the Bruce Highway. >>
Driver tailgates the wrong car
1 CommentsAn impatient 19-year-old man chose the wrong car to tailgate when he was following an unmarked police sedan on patrol. >>
Chef drunk in carpark
A 42-year-old male chef found asleep at the wheel of a 4WD with the keys in his right hand recorded a blood-alcohol reading of .221% yesterday. >>
Pair arrested after ram-raid burglary
Charges laid after theft at Pomona service station. >>
Drink-drivers three times the limit
2 CommentsFour drivers stopped by police overnight were more than three times over blood-alcohol limit. >>
Man busted with car keys
A man has been arrested for 81 stealing offences after being found with a large number of car keys. >>
4th time rider caught in a month
A motorbike rider has been caught driving unlicensed for the fourth time in a month. >>
Speeding at airport is madness
1 CommentsPolice conducting speed checks at the Sunshine Coast Airport recently clocked many drivers travelling at more than 20kmh over the 40kmh speed limit. >>
Caught speeding in a school zone
1 CommentsEumundi police caught a teenage driver allegedly doing 119kmh in an 80kmh school zone yesterday morning. >>
Hoons lose their cars
Seven vehicles have been seized by Noosa police this month in a crackdown on hooning. >>
Double trouble for drink-drivers
A young woman was caught drink-driving early this morning after travelling to Maroochydore Watchhouse to pick up her boyfriend, who had earlier been charged with the same offence. >>
Late excuse for speeding
A teenager who claimed he was running late for work was stopped by a police officer at 5am today for allegedly driving at 140kmh on the Nambour Connection Road and ... >>
Driver five times legal limit
3 CommentsToday we begin a regular new series highlighting traffic incidents on the Coast as part of a campaign to reduce the road toll. >>
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