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Stolen car dumped in Hope Island with drugs and suspected stolen property inside

An allegedly stolen car has been found on a suburban Gold Coast street with a number of suspicious items inside. Read why police are searching for its occupants.

Stolen car dumped on Gold Coast street sparking manhunt. Picture: Charlton Hart
Stolen car dumped on Gold Coast street sparking manhunt. Picture: Charlton Hart

Police have swarmed a Hope Island street after an allegedly stolen car was found with suspected drugs and stolen property inside.

Officers descended on Waters Close at about 6pm on Monday where a man and women had been seen acting suspiciously inside the 2023 Grey Kia Sportage, a QPS spokesman told the Bulletin.

Half-an-hour before they arrived, the pair abandoned the car and were last seen walking toward a nearby canal.

Some of the items found inside the abandoned vehicle. Picture: Charlton Hart
Some of the items found inside the abandoned vehicle. Picture: Charlton Hart

A number of undercover patrol cars began searching nearby streets but were unable to locate the man and women.

The Kia SUV was rented from a hire car business near Brisbane and was reported stolen on March 14 when it wasn’t returned.

Police searched the vehicle and found a number of items including property suspected of having been stolen.

Other suspicious items found in the centre console of the vehicle. Picture: Charlton Hart
Other suspicious items found in the centre console of the vehicle. Picture: Charlton Hart

What appeared to be a used drug utensil was left in the centre console of the car alongside a small clip-seal bag containing a white residue.

The vehicle was seized by police and towed from the scene.

A QPS spokesman said officers believed they knew the identity of the man and women spotted in the car prior to it being abandoned and investigations are ongoing.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers or Police Link.

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