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Multiple aircraft and boats looking for man who was allegedly seeking to evade police when he jumped into Fitzroy River near Rockhampton

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Queensland police were on Friday using aircraft and boats to continue the search for a man who fled officers into a river inhabited by crocodiles near Rockhampton.

The 36-year-old man, from Kawana, allegedly fled police just before 6pm on Thursday night, after officers executed a search warrant at an East Street address.

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