Gold Coast dirt bike riders find dangerous wires strung up over popular track

Police have issued a stern warning to the person who strung up dangerous wire at head height across a popular northern Gold Coast bike track overnight, as riders share their concerns.

THE person who responsible for a disturbing trap at a popular northern Gold Coast bike track could face years in prison, police have revealed.

Investigations are underway to identify the person responsible for stringing up strong wire at head height along a track at Coomera overnight.

The track, which sits between George Alexander Way and Coomera train station is frequently used by dirt bike riders and 4x4 enthusiasts.

The unofficial track is a favourite with motorbike riders and four-wheel-drivers. Photo: Google Maps

Brady Straite, 19, had been four-wheel-driving with mates when he came across the booby trap at 9.30pm.

“The wire glimpsed in our spotlights and we thought it was a spider web but then we looked back at the tree and realised it went from tree to tree- it was 0.5mm stainless steel wire,” he said.

“It was the perfect height for an adult sitting on a motorbike and would have gone straight into their throat.”

Mr Straite said it was the first time he had seen wire set up in the area, but had seen it elsewhere in the past.

“I’m more angry about it than shocked, if anything,” he said.

Copper wire strung up across dirt bike tracks in Coomera on the Gold Coast. Picture: Jack Roberts.

“I’ve got mates that come out here with their kids and they ride their motorbikes through that track.

“I don’t understand why someone would go out of their way to wrap wire around a tree aimed to basically kill.

Images of the wires were posted on social media late last night warning riders to be careful.

Coomera police Senior Sergeant Nick Sellars said the incident was being treated “very seriously” and the culprit could face years of imprisonment if caught.

“Until we speak to the person or persons responsible, there would be no other way to take the way that the wire was strung as anything other than someone trying to harm a person,” he said.

A closer look at the wire. Picture: Jack Roberts.

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“The act of stringing the wire between trees is very concerning for police and amounts to in certain circumstances a serious criminal offence that could be punishable by a term of imprisonment.

“Not to mention that it could seriously injure or kill a person as it was strung quite tight and was hard to see.”

Snr Sgt. Sellars said the number of noise complaints now levelled against riders is “significant” as bushland shrinks in the booming suburb.

“It’s one of the few hobbies that can affect all of suburbia, so you have to be aware that there are a lot of people now living in areas that used to be vacant land and you should adjust your behaviour accordingly.”

“However the seriousness of the offence we’re investigating now far outweighs the noise or upset that it causes to the locals.

“We would ask that people don’t take the law into their own hands.”

The location of one of the wires. Picture: Jack Roberts.

It is the second incident in the past month in which riders have photographed wire strung at head height.

Early last month a Gympie man was lucky to survive after coming off his bike in the Amamoor State Forrest.

Police said if he had been going any faster he would have been decapitated.

The location of the second. Picture: Jack Roberts.