Chase ‘like a scene out of Hollywood’

RESIDENTS of a suburb where an alleged cross-border police pursuit ended have told of how the ordeal was like a scene from a Hollywood movie.

Three men were arrested at Banora Point just over the Queensland/NSW border about 11pm on Friday.

Brisbane man Brenden Munro is accused of fleeing police in a stolen car southbound on the M1 from the Gold Coast.

NSW police said Munro was being followed by Polair from Helensvale after reports he was allegedly driving a stolen Hyundai Santa Fe.

A spokesman said as Munro travelled towards the border, Queensland police notified Tweed highway patrol command. He said Tweed police deployed road spikes near the Tugun bypass tunnel but Munro allegedly continued towards Tweed Heads.

Munro, 27, and two other men, both aged 27, were arrested at the end of Kintyre Cres at Banora Point in a dramatic scene described by witnesses as like “something from a movie”.

Resident Jami Elizabeth Dunn said in a post on Facebook that she saw the start of the police chase while travelling on the M1 near the Gold Coast airport.

“He came up beside us absolutely flying then one police car chased him then 2 others went on from Kennedy drive as I exited off at tweed, hectic as! Scary!”

Police allege Munro was travelling at 165km/h in a 100km/h speed zone.

Another local described the police chopper circling above her house with lights beaming down into the street, while Rowena Bond said the ordeal “freaked me out”.

“I heard sirens and … walked out the front to a scene from a movie – freaked me out – kids didn’t wake thank god went for a good 30 mins.”

Munro will face Tweed Heads Local Court on Monday. The other two men will appear on March 15.