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. Archive for August 2007
Thursday, August 30, 2007Bike riders caught in crackdown
0 CommentsFive 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
0 CommentsHolidaymakers 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!
0 CommentsA 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
0 CommentsThe “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
0 CommentsA 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
0 CommentsTwo 13-year-olds were arrested by police investigating a complaint of hooning in the Buddina area on the weekend. >>
Dodgy steering leads to arrest
0 CommentsA 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
0 CommentsA 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
0 CommentsCharges 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
0 CommentsA 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
0 CommentsA 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. >>






