Brazen teenage thieves ram a stolen hire van into a lawnmower shop – stealing a small chainsaw and blower before fleeing the scene
- Two people believed to be a male and a female teenager ram raided two shops
- Police said brazen robberies were carried out in the early hours of Wednesday
- Pair stole equipment from a camera store and then two items from mower shop
Two brazen teenage thieves are on the run after they were filmed using a hire van to ram raid two shops in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
The white Toyota van, fitted with stolen licence plates, smashed through the glass doors of a camera store in Maroochydore on Queensland's Sunshine Coast at about 3.20am.
The thieves can be seen on CCTV footage squeezing through the partially broken window before running around the store smashing a number of glass cabinets and then stealing cameras and other equipment.
The white Toyota van, fitted with stolen licence plates, smashed through the glass doors of a camera store in Maroochydore on Queensland's Sunshine Coast at about 3.20am
Garricks Camera House on Plaza Parade at Maroochydore (pictured) was ram raided
Share this article
The second ram raid was then carried out 50 minutes later at a lawnmower shop in nearby Caloundra.
The manager of Sunshine Coast Mowers, Steve Dufficy, said he was called by security after two thieves smashed the front door with a van and before kicking through the glass.
He said they manage to grab two items, a little chainsaw and a leaf blower worth under $1,000 combined, before the alarm blasted which caused them to flee.
'The doors were closed still, they hadn't got right in ... The damage is more than what the stuff is worth,' Mr Dufficy told The Courier Mail.
A CCTV picture of one of the offenders
'They didn't get much because we've got a big alarm inside which is awfully loud,' he said.
He said CCTV footage from his store showed what appeared to be a boy and girl in their late teens running away from the scene.
After the store employees pitched in by tidying up the damage to the store he said it would be business as usual by Wednesday afternoon.
Police have confirmed the van was stolen from Brisbane and will have visible damage as a result of the raids.
Investigations are ongoing and police have appealed for anyone with information to contact them anonymously via Crime Stoppers.
Police have confirmed the van was stolen from Brisbane and will have visible damage as a result of the raids
Comments 0
Share what you think
No comments have so far been submitted. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts, or debate this issue live on our message boards.
