Police have charged two girls following an alleged armed robbery at Surfers Paradise overnight.
Around 1.40am, two girls asked a 29-year-old ride-share driver for a lift on Cavill Avenue. He agreed and the girls entered the man’s 2020 Mitsubishi Outlander station-wagon.
The man began driving when at Ferny Avenue it will be alleged that the girls requested the man pull over, before one of them threatened him with a broken glass bottle and they demanded he exit the vehicle.
The 29-year-old complied and reported the incident to police.
A short time later, police used a Tyre Deflation Device (TDD) to intercept the alleged stolen vehicle at Brisbane Road, Helensvale, where the two girls fled on foot. They were arrested a short distance away.
A 15-year-old Pimpama girl and a 17-year-old Loganholme girl have each been charged with one count of armed robbery and unlawful use of a motor vehicle.
Both are scheduled to appear at the Southport Children’s Court later this month.
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