A 21-year-old man has been charged following investigations into an alleged attempted abduction that occurred in North Rockhampton earlier this morning.
A 24-year-old woman was standing outside a hotel on Main Street this morning around 12.15 when she was approached by a man allegedly placed the woman in a headlock and attempted to drag her towards a ute that was parked nearby.
The woman was able to alert nearby residents and when the man saw other people approaching, he released the woman and fled the scene in the ute.
Police will allege they pursued the ute south on the Bruce Highway around 1.30am, deployed a tyre deflation device at around 1.45am.
The vehicle continued to travel around the Rockhampton area and the man allegedly fled the car on Emu Park Road around 2.10am and was tracked and taken into custody by Police Dog Griffin and other officers.
The woman did not sustain any physical injures as a result of the incident.
The 21-year-old was subsequently charged with two counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, two counts of assault police, one count each of deprivation of liberty, assault occasioning bodily harm, burglary, evade police, unlawful use of a motor vehicle and unlicensed driving.
Police are continuing to appeal to anyone that was in the area at the time or may have dash-cam to contact them.
If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.
You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, by calling 1800 333 000 or via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day.
