POLICE say two armed men car-jacked three vehicles, including one carrying a small child, before today’s high-speed chase from Caboolture to the Gold Coast.
The men are now in police custody in NSW.
The incident began about 12pm on Aleiyah Street when the men stole a red sedan. Police arrived on the scene and one officer was injured as the two men drove off and ran over his foot.
They then dumped the red car and hijacked a second vehicle in Pumicestone Road, Caboolture, using a hand gun to stop the vehicle. A further two cars were held up at gunpoint, one with a very young child on board, at Morayfield Shopping Centre.
The men then drove erratically, and dangerously through Brisbane, Logan, and the Gold Coast with two police helicopters tracking there movement toward the Queensland/New South Wales border.
Footage from the Polair police helicopter shows an apparently armed man carjacking a vehicle. Source: Supplied
Superintendent Michael Brady said that before the chase began police had been looking for one of the offenders with a warrant for their arrest.
“The vehicle was followed by PolAir and clearly the vision shows the speed which they were doing was well in excess of the speed limit,” he said.
PolAir was able to track the car driving erratically through suburbs south of Brisbane, before making its way onto the Pacific Motorway towards the Gold Coast.
Travelling at speeds of up to 160km/h, the car zig-zagged its way through traffic.
The vehicle then crossed the border into NSW, where officers used road spikes to bring the car to a stop. Shots were fired at police during the arrest, however no one was injured.
The men will be extradited back to Queensland.
A constable from the Burpengary police station was also injured in the pursuit.
It is suspected he has suffered a broken ankle and ligament damage and is in a stable condition at the Caboolture Hospital.
The carjacked vehicle sends a van careering into a pond as it takes off the wrong way up a busy road. Pic: PoliarSource: Supplied
2.31PM: Two people have been arrested following a high-speed chase from the north of Brisbane south to the Gold Coast.
It is believed road stingers were used to end the pursuit, which allegedly reached speeds of up to 150km/h.
The incident began this morning at Caboolture and police were tracking the vehicle for more than an hour. The car is alleged to have been stolen.
Two people have been taken in to custody, with one of them believed to be on a ‘return to prison’ warrant.
2.25PM: Reports that shots have been fired from the pursued vehicle and that two people have been arrested.
2.20PM: Police have cautioned all vehicles travelling south on the Pacific Motorway to proceed with caution as a high-speed car chase continues.
They are warning people to take care between Robina and the NSW border.
2.12PM: The car has now reached Oxenford on the Pacific Motorway, travelling at speeds of up to 150km/h.
2.05PM: The car is now driving dangerously on the Pacific Motorway southbound at Pimpama, with Pol Air continuing to track it.
Meanwhile, a policeman has been transported to Caboolture Hospital this afternoon in a stable condition.
Paramedics attended to an incident on Aleiyah St, Caboolture between a car and a pedestrian at 12.20pm.
It is believed the policeman suffered leg and arm injuries, and was transported to the Caboolture Hospital.
Police have pursued this blue car from Caboolture south through Brisbane and onto the M1. PIC: Channel 7 Source:Supplied
1.56PM: The vehicle is now reportedly on the M1 at Loganlea. Police say it is being driven very dangerously.
1.55PM: POLAIR is now pursuing the vehicle on Rochedale Rd in Brisbane’s south.
The car is continuing to drive dangerously and motorists are warned to drive carefully.
The original incident is believed to have started on Waterview Cr, Caboolture where the car was reportedly held up at gun point.
UPDATE 1.51pm: Two police helicopters are now pursuing the stolen car southbound on Logan Road.
Drivers in the area have been warned to take car.
POLICE are pursuing a car on the Bruce Highway after it was believed to have been hijacked at gunpoint this morning.
PolAir tracked a car north following an incident in the Caboolture area.
After heading north and then back through Caboolture, Narangba and Deception Bay, the car then headed south on the Bruce Highway. A police officer is believed to have been hurt in the pursuit.
It veered onto the Gateway Motorway, heading towards the airport.
Motorists are warned to drive carefully.
Initial reports suggest an altercation occurred at 10.30am where the car was allegedly held up at gunpoint.
More to come.
Originally published as Police chopper films carjacking, chase
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