Detectives from Acacia Ridge Criminal Investigation Branch investigating a series of incidents involving a stolen blue Mazda 3 hatchback have released comfit images of three people.
The Mazda 3 was stolen from a 23-year-old woman on Boundary Road, Thornlands at around 4.45am on Friday, June 7 when two men jumped into her vehicle after she had parked her car and momentarily exited the vehicle.
The vehicle has since been involved in five incidents including a petrol drive-off/stealing from a Mount Cotton Road, Mount Cotton service station about 10 minutes later, at 4.55am on June 7. Police have released CCTV images of a man who may be able to assist with investigations (link to CCTV located at the end of this release – after the comfit images).
On Monday, June 10 the vehicle was sighted at four addresses in the Greenbank and Calamvale areas between 12.30pm and 1.45pm.
At 12.30pm a Boulia Street, Greenbank home was broken into and property, including jewellery stolen. The thieves damaged two external doors as well as a window.
At 1.15pm the front doorbell of a Perkins Street, Calamvale home was rung before a 44-year-old woman heard two men in the backyard, with one of the males putting on gloves as he approached the rear door. The woman called out and the men fled.
Approximately five minutes later two men were seen acting suspiciously outside of a house in Orania Street, Calamvale. A member of the public, a 45-year-old man, who queried the men, was verbally threatened before they entered the stolen blue Mazda 3 and drove off.
At 1.45pm two men, one armed with a knife, broke into a home on Chateau Street, Calamvale after kicking in the front door, splintering the door frame. A 15-year-old girl home at the time called Triple Zero (000) before the men forced their way into her bedroom. They stole the girl’s mobile phone before searching the remainder of the house and fleeing with a quantity of jewellery. The mobile phone was later located in another room. The girl was not physically injured.
The men fled the address in the stolen blue Mazda 3 hatchback- which is described as a 2005 model with Queensland registration 406 JFP.
Anyone with information regarding the vehicle’s current location is urged to contact police (details below). If sighted, please do not approach but immediately call Triple Zero (000).
Do you recognise these images? Comfit images of two men and one woman who may be able to assist police with their investigations (below).
Image 1: a man, aged around 30, approximately 190cms tall, slim build with an olive complexion and short dark brown hair, beard and moustache.
Image 2: a man aged between 25 and 30, approximately 175cms tall, slim build, with a fair complexion and very short blondish hair.
Image 3 – a woman aged between 25 and 30, approximately 165cms tall with a slim build, fair complexion and longish, light brown hair.
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.
