Queensland police have charged three teenagers and a man
following multiple alleged armed robberies across the Gold Coast,
Logan and Brisbane over the weekend.
A boy and two robberies
It will be alleged just before 3.30am on Sunday, July 23, a boy
entered a Gardiner Road service station in Holmview where he
threatened an employee with a firearm and demanded the till.
The employee complied and was not physically harmed.
The boy allegedly left the scene in a blue 2014 Audi S3, which
was reported stolen from a Clover Way property in Helensvale on
Saturday night, July 22.
It will be further alleged at approximately 3.35am, a boy armed
with a gun stole the cash register from a Juers Road service
station in Kingston before leaving in the same car.
No one was physically injured during the incident.
Group involved in armed robbery
At 6am it will alleged a group travelling in the stolen vehicle
was involved in the armed robbery of a cafe on Alexandria St in
Ascot before travelling back towards the Gold Coast.
Police conducted patrols and tracked the vehicle across the Gold
Coast with assistance from Polair.
At approximately 9.30am, the Audi was sighted travelling south
along the Pacific Motorway near Coomera before allegedly crashing
into the rear of a Mazda 2 on Foxwell Road around 9.50am.
At 9.53am two people from the group allegedly exited on foot,
one injuring a woman and child along Beattie Drive during their
attempt to flee.
Boy taken into custody
He was taken in to police custody along Waterways Drive, with
officers allegedly locating a firearm nearby.
Just after 10am in Logan, a tyre deflation device was
successfully deployed with the vehicle coming to a stop along
George Street.
Two more people were taken into police custody near a Beenleigh
marketplace.
A search of the vehicle located another two firearms.
Charges
An 18-year-old Woodridge man was charged with armed robbery in
company will appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court today.
A 15-year-old Crestmead boy has been charged with one count each
of enter dwelling and commit, unlawful use of motor vehicle and
armed robbery.
He is due to appear at Beenleigh Childrens Court at a later
date.
A 15-year-old Coomera boy was charged with one count each of
unlawful use of motor vehicle and dangerous operation of a
vehicle.
A 14-year-old Eagleby boy was charged with one count each of
unlawful use of motor vehicle and receiving tainted property.
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