Firearm located from armed robberies – South Eastern Region

Logan District Drug and Firearm Team and Logan District Tactical Crime Squad have located a firearm believed to have been used in two armed robberies in Logan and on the Gold Coast in 2019.

Police executed a search warrant at a Yarrabilba address yesterday in relation to firearms offences.

During the search it is alleged police located a sawn off .22 calibre rifle in a backpack in a wardrobe of a bedroom.

The firearm was rendered safe and seized.

It is alleged the firearm was used in the armed robbery of a tavern at Beenleigh on April 4, 2019 and again in an armed robbery of a tavern at Ormeau on April 27, 2019.

Police have already made arrests in relation to these two armed robberies.

A 32-year-old woman from Yarrabilba has been charged with unlawful possession of a weapon.

She will appear in Beenleigh Magistrates Court on July 9, 2021.

Investigations are ongoing.

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