Gold Coast airport re-opened and other top stories.

• Gold Coast airport re-opened

  Gold CoastGold Coast airport evacuated, police on sceneFebruary 26, 2016 8:27amSam PhillipsThe Courier-Mail

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• Police investigate violent Gold Coast arrest

  

  Video footage has emerged of a violent arrest on the Gold Coast nearly two weeks ago, in which a police officer is shown delivering multiple punches to a 22-year-old man, causing him to spit blood.A Queensland Police Service spokeswoman said an immediate investigation has been launched after the footage was aired by 7 News Queensland on Thursday. Violent arrest: 'stop resisting' Police are filmed throwing a man to the ground and punching him repeatedly in the face in a violent arrest ..

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• Man shot on Gold Coast

  

  A manhunt is underway on the Gold Coast, after a 23-year-old man was shot twice in the stomach when he opened the door of his Southport home to a gunman on Thursday night.The gunman fled, leaving the 23-year-old with serious injuries. Manhunt for Southport shooter A 23-year-old man answering a knock on his door is shot several times on Thursday night. Nine News Emergency services were called to his Worendo Street home about 8.30pm, where paramedics treated wounds to his stomach and ..

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• Gold Coast beaches closed for the weekend

  

  All Gold Coast beaches are closed until at least Monday morning as a huge four-metre swell hits Queensland.Ex-Tropical cyclone Winston ravaged Fiji earlier this week and was still making its presence felt on south-east Queensland beaches on Friday. Gold Coast beaches closed this weekend and warnings issued by lifeguards. Photo: Wolter Peeters The large swell was hitting the Gold Coast on Friday morning and expected to increase to four metres by Saturday.Seven Sunshine Coast beaches – Moo..

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• Is this the face of a drug lord?

  

  Nathan Carlisle.NATHAN  Carlisle doesn’t look like your average Gold Coast drug lord but police will allege he is the man behind one of the city’s biggest ecstasy busts. The 29-year-old, who lives at Miami, was extradited from Sydney on Wednesday after Rapid Action and Patrols raids uncovered a more than $2 million haul, including 90,000 MDMA pills, methamphetamine, cannabis, two guns and $426,000 cash.The items were found inside two storage units, one at Varsity Lakes and one at Burleigh, in wh..

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