Molendinar man charged over burnout TikTok video outside Southport Police Station
A Gold Coast man who filmed a burnout outside of a major Gold Coast police station and posted it on TikTok has been charged.
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A MAN has been charged over a “disgraceful” burnout performed outside of a major Gold Coast police station.
Police allege a blue sedan, in convoy with other vehicles, did a “significant and dangerous” burnout outside Southport Police Station about 2.20am on January 23.
Acting Chief Superintendent Rhys Wildman said a Molendinar man, 25, handed himself in on Tuesday and was charged with four counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.
On February 7 he was also previously charged with other driving offences.
“The footage is not only concerning from the fact that it was committed right outside the police station, but, secondly, just the manner of driving,” Supt Wildman said.
The vehicle was yet to be found and police were investigating whether it had been sold, he said.
The man has been charged over other hooning activities on the Gold Coast, but police would not provide more details.
Supt Wildman put hoons on notice in the wake of the burnout breakthrough.
“Whilst we’ve made significant in-roads in relation to the hooning activity here on the Gold Coast, it is important for everyone to be reminded, that whilst people conduct these activities randomly, and as organised hoon events … we will always investigate these matters,” he said.
“For those committing these particular offences … no matter where you commit these offences and when …operation Tango Vinyl is alive all the time.”
Operation Tango Vinyl was established to target hooning on the Gold Coast.
The man is due to face Southport Magistrates Court on March 10.
Investigations are ongoing.
POLICE RAIDS LINKED TO BURNOUT TIKTOK VIDEO OUTSIDE COP SHOW
February 4, 2022
ANTI-hooning cops have raided a property linked to a man wanted over a burnout outside of a major Gold Coast police station.
Police descended on five properties in the city’s north on Thursday.
Officers seized electronic devices as well as an illegal python from a property, but no charges have been laid.
The man wanted over a burnout outside of the Southport Police Station was not home, and remains outstanding, as detectives continue to investigate the matter.
It’s understood a car stolen from Southport last year was found at the wanted man’s property.
Footage of the dangerous stunt was posted to social media platform TikTok and showed a police officer coming outside the station to investigate the chaos.
Police said the car performed burnouts and circle work outside the Scarborough St station in the early hours of January 23, before speeding off.
Detectives have linked the same vehicle to a hoon meet at Arundel, which was captured on business security cameras.
The vehicle is yet to be found and it is understood detectives are investigating whether it has been dumped or sold.
Sources say it’s not uncommon for hoons to buy cheap cars to perform the dangerous stunts. “They buy a $400 car and they go and do burnouts and that way they don’t care if it gets seized or crushed,” an officer said.
The vehicle was described by police last week as being light blue, possibly grey, spray painted or vinyl wrapped, with white rear wheels of a classic deep-dish design with a faulty right headlight.
Last week, police arrested four people after a hoon meet at Yatala and vowed to continue the crackdown on dangerous driving.
Speaking in the wake of the arrest, Acting Chief Superintendent Rhys Wildman said the “sporadic”, “well-organised” hoon meetings were targeted through operation Tango Vinyl.
He said more than 100 officers had returned to the highway patrol and rapid action patrol since the Queensland border reopened and the Covid operations finished.
“We will continue to use all available strategies to target these activities on the Gold Coast,” he said.
Search for driver of burnouts TikTok video outside cop shop
January 26: Police are searching for a driver who did burnouts outside of a Gold Coast police station and posted footage on social media.
A video was shared to TikTok of a driver doing a burnout out the front of Southport Police Station, which shows an officer leaving the building to see what was happening.
A Queensland Police spokesman said just after 2am on Sunday a car did burnouts and circle work outside the Scarborough St station before speeding off onto Ferny Ave and then Benowa Rd.
“The vehicle is described as light blue, possibly grey, spray painted, or vinyl wrapped, with white rear wheels of a classic deep-dish design,” they said.
“The vehicle had a faulty right headlight, green park lights with one faulty, and a black roof.”
Any with information contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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