Man appears to take selfie during arrest after highway drama

Queensland Police have charged a man with several offences following a disturbance at Mountain Creek, that led to a vehicle being pursued to Doonan on Wednesday.

Police said the near-two-hour pursuit, which involved almost two dozen officers, started at Mountain Creek on the Sunshine Coast, down Bruce Highway and ended near Noosa.

The 39-year-old Mountain Creek man was allegedly involved in several dangerous traffic incidents, including stealing a truck.

The scene was calm during the arrest and helicopter footage showed the man using his phone to apparently take a selfie as police put him in handcuffs.

“The truck was left on the Bruce Highway immobilised,” Jason Overland from Queensland Police Service said. “That’s what caused the traffic hold up.”

Witnesses counted at least 20 police cars in pursuit as the traffic separated to create a clear run for officers to drive past. They said the man’s driving was dangerous.

“He’s gone flying over this speed hump, airborne,” one witness said. “Then he got to the other side and there’s another speed bump.“

Police said no one was injured.

The man has been charged with five counts of serious assault police, three counts of dangerous operation of a vehicle, and one count each of unlicensed driving, going armed so as to cause fear, possessing unauthorised medicine, armed robbery, unlawful entry of a vehicle, and unlawful possession of a weapon.

He was refused police bail and is due to appear in Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Thursday.