Three Victorian teenagers are suspected of an east-coast crime spree, after Queensland police found them sleeping in stolen vehicles at a Gold Coast fast food restaurant on Monday. Gold Coast police Superintendent Peter Miles said the teenagers – a 14-year-old girl, a 14-year-old boy and a 15-year-old boy – were seen sleeping in two vehicles at a McDonald’s car park in Nerang, on the northern Gold Coast, by the restaurant manager who called the police. The alleged teen car thieves were found sleeping in two vehicles at a McDonald’s carpark in Nerang.
Credit: Google Maps “Those children were arrested for a number of offences, including an armed robbery where they stole a BMW at knife point from a woman in Brisbane,” said Miles, adding 10 pairs of keys were found on the teenagers. “It’s a minefield to unravel,” he said. The cars were found to be a Range Rover that disappeared from Merrimac on September 13, and a BMW stolen “at knifepoint” from a woman in Carindale the previous day.
Two teenagers were arrested at the scene, and the third ran away but was later found and taken into custody. They were charged with a string of offences including armed robbery, wounding, theft and bringing stolen goods into Queensland. Investigators also expected the trio were responsible for offences in other eastern states, and had travelled to Queensland in a different stolen vehicle before the two robberies in Brisbane last week.
Police determined the journey began between .