Police respond to reports of machine guns on Gold Coast, actually gel blasters
A report to Gold Coast police of two people standing with ‘machine guns’ in broad daylight sparked panic in a wealthy suburb, but everything was not as it seemed.
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REPORTS of police swarming a wealthy Gold Coast suburb where two people were standing with ‘machine guns’ have ended very ... undramatically.
Police were called to Paradise Island, just off Surfers Paradise, around 4pm this afternoon, to reports of two people standing along the side of the road with machine guns.
Police quickly reached the area, where it was confirmed the ‘firearms’ were actually gel blasters.
Gel blasters can look like authentic firearms, however they only shoot gel balls.
No charges are expected to be laid.
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