Local residents at Coober Pedy have expressed considerable angst over an alleged stabbing in their community. Today (Thursday 16-6-20220) police released the following information. About 3pm on Sunday 12 June, patrols were […]
19 Apr 2021 3:43pm Police are urging the public and business owners to be vigilant in checking their cash after a recent surge in counterfeit notes being passed across the state.
14 April 2021. Statement by the Hon. Ann Vanstone QC Independent Commissioner Against CorruptionAs a result of an ICAC investigation, on 22 March 2021 two South Australia Police officers were charged by […]
07 Mar 2021 6:39am Two people have died following a crash on the Stuart Highway at Wirraminna in the State’s Far North. A crash involving a B-double truck and a Ford utility […]
UPDATE: Serious Crash on Stuart Highway in Far North 06 Mar 2021 5:17pm Emergency services are responding to reports of a serious crash on the Stuart Highway at Wirraminna in the State’s […]
05 Dec 2020 4:09pm A man has died following a serious crash at Coober Pedy last night. About 10.20pm on Friday 4 December, police and emergency services were called to Robins Boulevard […]
Volunteer CFS Crew and Far North Police attended a suspicious fire at Coober Pedy on Saturday night. Photo: Amanda Strout
Police have arrested a man and a woman and located three children safe and well after a stolen car was dumped and set on fire on the Strzelecki track in the State’s […]
07 Jul 2015 11:39am Wanted man Danny Ferguson has been arrested by police approximately 100 km north of Oodnadatta.
29 Nov 2014 UPDATE Police and emergency services attended a fatal crash in the State’s far north. Just before 9pm, last night police a single vehicle ignited into flames after hitting a […]
An 18-year-old woman was arrested following a serious assault at Coober Pedy overnight. Police were called to a Coober Pedy address at about 3am on Saturday 20 September and found a young […]
Police have identified seven South Australian children as alleged victims of a 32-year-old man charged with numerous sex offences. At the time of the alleged offending the man was employed with Families SA […]
Police are asking for assistance from the public to help locate Letitia Williams, who has been missing from her Hillcrest home since 6 July. Letitia is 24 years old, 155cm tall, slim […]
A young female child has tragically died at the scene of a serious accident when a car rolled over on the Umuwa to Fregon Road in the State’s Far North at 7.35pm on Friday night. […]
Saturday, 19 July 2014 7:02am Second passenger dies following Far North crash A second passenger has died from injuries sustained in a single vehicle rollover in the State’s Far North last week. […]
UPDATE: Wednesday 16 April 2014 FIVE CHARGED OVER THEFT OF OPAL AT COOBER PEDY Three men and two boys have been arrested following the recent theft of a large quantity of precious […]
A man has been issued with a barring order after attempting to bring in alcohol to an Aboriginal community. At about 5pm yesterday, patrols stopped a Ford sedan about five kilometres south […]
In October 2013, a Panorama business owner was approached by a woman who claimed to be from a media group selling business advertising in a local publication. The business owner later decided […]
Police are investigating a suspicious fire which happened overnight at Indulkana in the State’s far north. Just before 10.30pm, police received reports the school was on fire. One classroom has been completely […]
The most recent graduates of the Police Academy’s community constable program are Nellie Hirschausen and Swayne Ackland, who now take up their positions at Port Lincoln. Community Constable Swayne Ackland’s graduation comes after […]
A man was arrested yesterday after counterfeit notes were passed at several places across Adelaide in the past week. The 49-year-old man from Auldana was arrested and charged with utter forged currency […]
Senior Community Constable Dean Walker was last year named the South Australian Local Hero in the prestigious Australian of the Year Awards – with the national winners to be announced this coming […]
Port Lincoln police are advising the community to be aware that a white pointer shark has been seen in the marina. This afternoon police were notified of the sighting, which took place […]
A reward of up to $200,000 is now on offer for information that leads to the location or conviction of those responsible for the disappearance and suspected murder of Port Lincoln woman […]
Over the past two months there has been a significant increase in the amount of reported fuel thefts in the Mid North region. The thefts have mainly occurred from large agricultural vehicles, […]
Two 10-year-old boys were arrested at Port Lincoln after allegedly breaking into cars. The offences occurred at the Port Lincoln Foreshore area on Sunday 29 December and about 4.45pm.
Police have arrested a 42-year-old Ceduna man for theft and assault.
Sunday, 29 December 2013 5:19pm Police have reported two women for drink driving in the States mid-north this morning.
Police have arrested three youths after a break-in at Port Lincoln yesterday. At about 6.45pm, three men allegedly forced their way into a Cronin Avenue house and assaulted two men inside the […]
Police in the state’s Far North are investigating the circumstances of a fire that has destroyed the Kaltjiti/Fregon community store, causing an estimated $2m in damages. The alarm was raised before midnight […]
A man tracked his stolen iPad to a Greenacres address using the ‘Find my iPad’ tracking app yesterday. Police attended and searched the premises at about 5.45pm on Tuesday 17 December, allegedly […]
“Police encourage the use of tracking apps as they are a very useful tool in detecting lost or stolen property” Police have arrested a 34-year-old woman from Hallet Cove after a “phone […]
Monday, 16 December 2013. Police have arrested and charged a 32-year-old man from Port Augusta for drink driving and driving with an expired learners permit. At about 12.50am Sunday 16 December, police […]
Over the past five years, on average, nine people have died on South Australian roads each December. In the crucial period from 23 December to 3 January, three have died and 27 […]
As part of an ongoing investigation into the disappearance of the three Beaumont children in 1966, South Australia Police (SAPOL) today excavated a small section of land at a commercial factory site […]
A decade has passed since someone brutally assaulted Coober Pedy resident Andrew ‘Wilbur’ Williamson in his Tupper Close dugout and left him to die, but police have never stopped the hunt for […]
Motorists travelling the Stuart Highway about 45 kms north of Coober Pedy are advised of a triple trailer road train roll-over. There is a lot of debris on the road and the […]
MAJOR CRIME & MINE RESCUE RENEW SEARCH FOR KAREN WILLIAMS Wednesday 24 September 2014 Major Crime Investigation Branch returned to Coober Pedy on Monday 22 September armed with fresh information on the […]
A vehicle suspected of illegally trafficking alcohol onto the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytajatjara (APY) lands was stopped by police early Friday morning Friday, 21 June 2013 on the Stuart Highway near Coober Pedy. […]
South Australian Police have advised that the Stuart Highway, approximately 5kms north of Pimba is closed to traffic due to a chemical incident. Chemicals on board a truck are leaking with one […]
Major Crime Detectives have identified a suspect in the 1990 disappearance of Karen Michelle Williams from Coober Pedy The suspect was identified following a review of the historic case. New information was […]
The Registrar of Firearms has declared a firearms (gun) amnesty commencing on 1 August 2012 and finishing at midnight on 31 October 2012. South Australia Police is conducting and managing the amnesty. […]
Coober Pedy police are investigating the theft of a significant quantity of opal, and gold and silver ingots from Coober Pedy this week and ask dealers of precious stones and metals to […]
A marijuana bud and a business shop takings were “seized” in the latest raid at Mintabie on Officer Oil Basin in the Far North of South Australia. On Monday 11 April, 2011 […]
Senior Sergeant Greg Burns, officer in charge of the Coober Pedy Police Station in South Australia’s Far North is concerned that motorists continue to drive on dirt roads despite they display ROAD […]
The Democrats are calling for animal cruelty prosecutions to become the responsibility of SAPOL. In the wake of yet another animal cruelty prosecution blunder (the Brinkworth case) by the RSPCA the Australian […]
31% of SA victims including the Regions, currently believe nothing will be achieved by reporting a crime. Michael Atkinson latest letter to the Editor (Friday the 1st January 2010), is […]
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