Closing in on man wanted for burnout
Anti-hooning cops have raided a property linked to a man wanted over a burnout outside of a major Gold Coast police station.
Police descended on five properties in the city’s north on Thursday.
Officers seized electronic devices as well as an illegal python from a property, but no charges have been laid.
The man wanted over a burnout outside of the Southport Police Station was not home, and remains outstanding, as detectives continue to investigate the matter.
It’s understood a car stolen from Southport last year was found at the wanted man’s property.
Footage of the dangerous stunt was posted to social media platform Tiktok and showed a police officer coming outside the station to investigate the chaos.
Police said the car performed burnouts and circle work outside the Scarborough St station in the early hours of January 23, before speeding off.
Detectives have linked the same vehicle to a hoon meet at Arundel, which was captured on business security cameras.
The vehicle is yet to be found and it is understood detectives are investigating whether it has been dumped or sold.
Sources say it’s not uncommon for hoons to buy cheap cars to perform the dangerous stunts. “They buy a $400 car and they go and do burnouts and that way they don’t care if it gets seized or crushed,” an officer said.
The vehicle was described by police last week as being light blue, possibly grey, spray painted or vinyl wrapped, with white rear wheels of a classic deepdish design with a faulty right headlight.
Last week, police arrested four people after a hoon meet at Yatala and vowed to continue the crackdown on dangerous driving.
Speaking in the wake of the arrest, Acting Chief Superintendent Rhys Wildman said the “sporadic”, “well-organised” hoon meetings were targeted through operation Tango Vinyl.
He said more than 100 officers had returned to the highway patrol and rapid action patrol since the Queensland border reopened and the Covid operations finished.
“We will continue to use all available strategies to target these activities on the Gold Coast,” he said.