WATCH: Alleged serial hoon’s Holden Commodore crushed
In a harsh warning to dangerous drivers, police have released footage of a Holden Commodore - allegedly driven by a serial Gold Coast hoon - being crushed after it was seized.
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Cops have crushed a car belonging to an alleged serial Gold Coast hoon accused of doing burnouts outside a local police station.
And they’ve released footage of the destruction as a warning to others.
It’s alleged that just before midnight on November 24 last year, police were patrolling Geary Crescent at Molendinar following a number of complaints regarding hooning in the area, when they observed a black Holden Commodore bearing no registration plates with its rear tyres blown, travelling on its rims.
Police attempted to intercept the vehicle, but the driver allegedly evaded them.
Police tracked the vehicle to Griffith Way where Dog Squad officers were deployed, tracking a man to Cook Close, Southport, where he was arrested.
A 26-year-old Molendinar man was charged on November 25 with one count each of evasion, driving uninsured, driving unlicensed and driving an unregistered vehicle.
The 2002 black Holden Commodore was seized and recently destroyed.
The man has also been charged with one count each of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and driving unlicensed in relation to a hooning incident in a blue Holden Commodore outside the Southport Police Station on Hinze Street in January this year.
Gold Coast District Chief Superintendent Craig Hanlon said it was a warning to all serial hoons.
“If you continue to flout the road rules and put other motorists at risk by operating your vehicle in a dangerous manner – make no mistake – police will track you down, confiscate your vehicle and sell it to the highest bidder; whether that be at auction, or scrap metal.”
He was expected to appear in Southport Magistrates Court today.
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