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Police Join Hunt for Source of Logan Rat-Poison Cluster

Police involvement expands investigative options to locate the contamination source.

Overview

  • Queensland Police Service is working with Queensland Health after public‑health tracing failed to identify how the exposures occurred.
  • Five people, including a child, from three unconnected Logan families were hospitalised last week and are now recovering at home.
  • Toxicology found the anticoagulant brodifacoum in all five patients, prompting an advisory to clinicians across Brisbane’s south side.
  • Investigators are interviewing families, visiting homes, and testing pantry items, and no additional cases have been identified since Friday.
  • Officials say there is no indication of a link to fast‑food or takeaway outlets, and they urge people to watch for unexplained bleeding or bruising.