Gold Coast crime: Police arrest four boys linked to stolen luxury car at Nerang Train Station
A police dog has helped round up a group of four teenage boys aged between 13-17 who were allegedly busted fuelling up a luxury car suspected to be stolen.
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A POLICE dog has been sent in to round up a group of four teenage boys aged between 13-17 who were allegedly busted fuelling up a luxury car suspected to be stolen.
Gold Coast police were alerted when the Mercedes Benz was spotted at a service station on Gooding Dr at Merrimac about 2am on Thursday.
“Checks revealed the vehicle had been stolen from a house at Mermaid Waters around 1.20am today,” a police spokeswoman said.
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The vehicle was later sighted at Nerang Train Station and police cordoned off the area before sending in a police dog to wrangle four boys aged 13, 14, 15 and 17.
Police arrested the boys without incident.
Investigations were ongoing later on Thursday morning.
Girl, 14, arrested after knifepoint car theft, crash
June 16: Police have arrested a 14-year-old girl and a 21-year-old woman after the teenager allegedly pulled a knife on a supermarket worker, stole her car and crashed soon after.
Gold Coast police believe the 21-year-old woman was a passenger in the stolen Mazda 2 when it slammed into the tree on Markeri St and Rio Vista Blvd at Mermaid Waters about 7.20am.
It’s alleged the theft of the car occurred about 6am, shortly after the 39-year-old worker parked her Mazda 2 in the car park of Nerang Fair Shopping Centre on Beaudesert-Nerang Road at Nerang.
The teen “threatened the woman with a knife” and “demanded her car keys before the pair fled in the stolen car”, a statement read.
It’s alleged the Mazda 2 then collided with bushes and a light pole about 20 minutes down the road, though emergency services initially advised the vehicle hit a tree.
Queensland Ambulance Service paramedics treated the Coomera teen alleged to be behind the wheel for a leg injury.
She was taken to Gold Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.
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The older woman, also from Coomera, was taken to the same hospital for observation.
Police stated the pair were both assisting police with inquiries.
The supermarket worker was not physically injured.
Investigations into the alleged theft and subsequent crash were ongoing at midday on Wednesday.
Police were not aware of the car theft or pursuing the Mazda at the time of the crash, a police spokeswoman said.
Know more? Phone Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000.
Teen ‘car thieves’ face raft of serious charges
May 13: A pair of Gold Coast boys aged just 13 and 15 have been slapped with a spate of burglary, drug and car theft charges after they were allegedly busted in a stolen Mercedes Benz at a Biggera Waters shopping centre.
The younger boy was allegedly caught with a knife.
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It comes as Coast police investigate the circumstances surrounding a car with no number plates found ablaze on Wheeler Crescent at Currumbin Waters early Thursday morning.
Queensland Police officers swarmed the car park of Harbour Town shopping centre about 9am on Wednesday after the 13-year-old Currumbin boy and 15-year-old Labrador boy were allegedly found to be inside the Mercedes stolen from a Coast suburb.
It’s understood a member of the public helped officers track the luxury car to Harbour Town after it was first spotted on the Smith Street Motorway at Southport about half an hour earlier.
It’s alleged the stolen car was blocked by police when it was driven into the car park and the boys were pulled from the vehicle.
The 13-year-old boy has now been charged with four counts of burglary, three counts of possessing tainted property and one count each of possessing drug utensils or pipes, possessing a knife and unlawful use of a vehicle.
The 15-year-old boy has been charged with one count each of burglary, unlawful use of a motor vehicle, dangerous operation of a vehicle, driving unlicensed and possessing drug utensils or pipes.
The younger boy was expected to face Southport Children’s Court this morning, while the older boy was due to face the court on May 19, according to a police spokeswoman.
However, the youths cannot be identified under Queensland law.
The alleged offending comes amid a string of serious youth crime incidents and alleged criminal activity on the Coast in recent times, including assaults, burglaries and vehicle thefts.
Meanwhile, Gold Coast police were on Thursday morning hoping to speak to the owner of the car found on fire at Currumbin Waters overnight.
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) was called to Wheeler Crescent, near Villiers Dr, about 2.30am and found the fire “well involved”.
It took firefighters about 25 minutes to extinguish the blaze and QFES left the scene in the hands of police officers, who planned to speak to the vehicle’s owner.
Car fires on the Coast have recently been linked to stolen vehicles dumped by offenders.
Teen allegedly ‘armed with machete’ in violent robbery
May 12: Police have charged two teens after they allegedly robbed a man while one of them was armed with a machete during a violent confrontation on the Gold Coast.
Gold Coast police stated initial information suggested an 18-year-old man exited his vehicle in the car park of an address on Pitcairn Way at Pacific Pines about 7pm on Tuesday.
It’s alleged a group – including a 17-year-old boy wielding the machete – confronted the man, believed to be known to them.
“It is further alleged the man was assaulted a number of times before the group fled,” a police statement read.
“The man was taken to the Robina Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.”
Officers arrested four people in the same location a short time later.
Police have charged a 17-year-old boy with one count each of armed robbery and wounding and two counts of possession of a dangerous drug.
Additionally, a 17-year-old girl has been charged with armed robbery and wounding.
Investigations were ongoing on Wednesday morning.
Anyone with information about the alleged robbery should phone Policelink on 131 444.
Coast stabbing victim refuses to talk to cops
May 5: A MAN has been taken to hospital after he was reportedly stabbed on the Gold Coast overnight – but no complaint has been made, according to Queensland Police.
Queensland Ambulance paramedics took the man in his 20s to Gold Coast University Hospital after he was allegedly wounded at a Broadbeach Waters home just after 10.10pm on Tuesday.
The man suffered a laceration to his arm and paramedics treated him at the scene before he was hospitalised in a stable condition.
When asked for more information, a Gold Coast police spokeswoman said the man had not made a statement and refused to assist with investigations.
Nevertheless, inquiries into the incident were ongoing on Wednesday morning.
Rescuers free person pinned by door after Coast head-on
April 28: Rescuers have freed a person trapped by a door after a two-vehicle head-on crash on the Gold Coast.
Emergency services including critical care paramedics were called to the collision on Lahrs Rd at Ormeau about 7.05am on Wednesday, a Gold Coast police spokeswoman said.
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) rescuers spent about 20 minutes freeing a person of an undisclosed age and gender, who found themselves trapped by a vehicle’s door.
Cutting gear was used to slice the door from the vehicle and allow access, a QFES spokeswoman said.
Queensland Ambulance paramedics took the patient to Gold Coast University Hospital in a stable condition. Injuries were not specified.
Delays after car slams into traffic lights
April 26: Traffic was backed up in parts of the Gold Coast after a car took out a set of traffic lights at a busy intersection.
Emergency services were called to reports of a car crash at the corner of Ferry Rd and Queen St South at about 3.05pm on Tuesday.
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Witnesses said a car had collided with a set of traffic lights while travelling through the intersection. Two vehicles which were waiting to turn right onto Queen St, a ute and a SUV, were also damaged in the accident and were removed by tow trucks.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said all patients got themselves out of their cars.
The female driver of the car which hit the lights was taken in a stable condition to the Gold Coast University Hospital.
The occupants of the two other cars were not injured in the accident.
The Department of Transport and Main Roads has been requested to repair the traffic lights.
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