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A youth gang are believed to be responsible for break-ins and stolen cars over the past 48 hours

A youth gang is believed to be behind a string of break and enters across the Gold Coast over the past 48 hours with multiple cars stolen. HAVE YOU SEEN THEM?

CCTV footage of a car stolen from Upper Coomera by a youth gang.
CCTV footage of a car stolen from Upper Coomera by a youth gang.

Police are closing in on a group of teens involved in countless break and enters over the past 48 hours across the Gold Coast in which four cars have been stolen.

The juveniles struck about 10pm on Sunday at Upper Coomera, stealing a light grey Hyundai Kona parked in a driveway. Matthew Doherty lives at the property, he said the vehicle belonged to his niece and he claims the criminals came prepared.

“Hyundai have said that the internal cameras and GPS were not just turned off but disabled,” Mr Doherty said.

“By the sound of it they’ve had some sort of digital scrambler.”

A light grey Hyundai with QLD rego and a Haval with NSW rego are among several vehicles stolen over the past 48 hours.
A light grey Hyundai with QLD rego and a Haval with NSW rego are among several vehicles stolen over the past 48 hours.

At about 2am on Wednesday morning the Hyundai was involved in a break and enter at Arundel. The youths swiped a set of keys for a family car from a home on Bernard Court. The Grey Haval SUV with New South Wales registration KTE-000 was spotted in Pacific Pines around 8am. A bank debit card that was inside the vehicle was then used in a transaction at the Coles in Arundel a short time later. Police have been to the business and collected CCTV.

A family were asleep in their home on Bernard Court Arundel on Wednesday morning when youth criminals broke in.
A family were asleep in their home on Bernard Court Arundel on Wednesday morning when youth criminals broke in.

The stolen Hyundai was also used in a break and enter at Runaway Bay where a Land Rover was taken on Tuesday night. Police are also investigating whether the group are behind a fourth vehicle theft at Riverlinks Boulevard, Hope Island on the same night. Anyone who has seen the teens or the vehicles is urged to contact police. Detectives are also appealing for dashcam or CCTV footage to assist with their investigations.

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