 Shortly before midnight this morning, just at Helensvale, there was a ram-raider kerter to business and an automotive business there. It was under this a blue Navara was stolen. This vehicle was used shortly afterwards at another ram-raider, we'll call it that, at a business in Oxford, Oxford, did I say that right? Down on the Gold Coast, North Gold Coast. And then subsequently between the hours of 2am and 3.30am, the same vehicle was used in a number of ram-raider fences in the Logan area, at Meadowbrook, at Mount Warren Park, at Brown's Plains, number of premises target there, both automotive liquor outlets and also on electrical business as well. Subsequent to that, shortly after 4am, the vehicle was used at a ram-raider fence at a business in Archerfield and subsequent to that shortly after that it was also used in an automotive business in Morningside. The vehicle was then returned to Logan where between 5am and 6.30am it targeted three further automotive businesses in Loganlea and to its Clarks Creek. The vehicle was then sighted at the Parkridge State School doing burnouts. The groundsmen there attempted to lock the vehicle in however it managed to force its way out. It was then sighted along Chambers Flat Road where the occupants caused damage to another vehicle and it was finally abandoned in Brown's Plains Road at Crispmead just shortly before 28 this morning. Now we're still in the process of looking for three Caucasian males, two of them described as skinny. They were all wearing hoods, some reports have them wearing balaclavas at Welty but the vehicle's been located. We've done our scientific examination and we're just waiting on the results of those examinations before we can take it any further. So have you done an actual tally of how many there have been overnight then? Well overnight those ones they're seven just within the Logan district as well. Two within the Kerma district and obviously two within the Metro so it's eleven just overnight. There is a very strong indication, very strong evidence to suggest that these offenders are responsible for the offences that happened earlier on in Logan early this week. The total of sixteen businesses targeted there just in Logan. So at this stage you know our focus, our primary focus and our focus is to get onto these people, find out who they are and get them off the street. Why did they dump the vehicle? Well the vehicle was substantially damaged mostly along the front there, along the front end. Why they abandoned it I don't know but it was on a longer major road. We were able to get police into the vicinity there. We had a dog there as well too but unfortunately because of the large amount of pedestrian traffic associated with schools in the area we weren't able to follow that through. But we've got a number of really strong leads that we're following out at the moment. Do you think they were on foot when they abandoned the vehicle? They were on foot yes. Did they appear their locals? It would appear their local yes. We're still following up on a number of leads. The primary one we've just got to wait for the identification for the examination of the vehicle for your Prince DNA. During the search this morning was the area of questioning was the public ever in danger? No. There's no indication that they were armed at all. They were just more if I can put it this way just reckless behaviour. They were just on foot obviously trying to get away from the police. Despite our best efforts they were able to alert us on this instance. Did they have other than bars out the window and destroyed or damaged a couple of cars that way? Some witnesses said that there was something that described in a long black sock. Now whether that could just be at the heat of the moment there was some damage to force to the vehicles by that. We're still trying to work that out. We're still waiting for a number of complaints to come forward. People might left their cars there. They'll return this afternoon and find damage and we'll be able to tally up there for them. Any idea how many times over the past week police have found them started a pursuit but had to abandon them? There was no pursuit in any of these instances this morning. None whatsoever. What about the other day? The other day. None whatsoever. Whilst on that point each pursuit is taken on. It's a merit of that time. The circumstances are following the event. What they're actually up to. A continual risk assessment on danger to not only the police officers but to the members and also to the occupants of the vehicle being pursued as well too. So it's something we do take into consideration quite heavily. Were police aware during the night that these things were happening? Were they alerted to these things and called to these addresses throughout the night? It was. It was a number. It was a result of alarms being raised between you have a look at the pattern. Oxford down along the Gold Coast there then in Logan over in Archerfield morning sight. They were obviously very, very transient and unfortunately we were just following their trail all around the Greater Brisbane area. Is it true that you had captured one of the offenders this morning and that offender got away? No. Coincidentally there was a man located as a result of an interception by police. It's totally unrelated. He's got nothing whatsoever to do with any of these offences whilst he was taken into custody. There's a range of other matters that he's been taking in the custody area but I can assure you there's no involvement whatsoever into any of these matters. Have you made an inventory of what these stole? It would appear at this stage as very little if anything's been stolen. They simply gain entry to either gain a vehicle or use vehicles to, you know, as a weapon and really in light of things, you know, previously I suppose the weapons of choice to break an in as would either be a hammer, a set of stills and pliers or a screwdriver nowadays, it's a vehicle just ramping up the ante, that's all. But in this instance it appears there's nothing made as been stolen. So do you think they're doing it? I can only assume. No, I'm not taking anything that appears that just either after high performance vehicles or vehicles are some description. And look, while I'm on that point, can I just ask and can I urge anyone who's got, you know, like the obvious pattern is automotive industries. So automotive businesses, if I can just urge the people there or the owners and even car yards as well too, look, a simple measure is just take the keys home with you at night time. Nominate someone to take the keys home. If they haven't got keys in the car, they can't move them, they can't steal them. Most cars these days or all the modern vehicles are fitted with immobilizers unless you've got the keys, they can't go anywhere. So that is a very basic and very cost-efficient method of ensuring that whilst they might be able to get in there, they can't take cars or get out and obviously go on the spree that these people have done. Do we need another perpetual task force? No, we don't. We've been working very, very closely. We've got assistance coming from the Coomber and Gold Coast Districts from State Crime Operations Command from our Operations Support Command. And part of that assistance also involves use of the police helicopter from down in the Gold Coast. We're working very closely with the Logan City Council and the Department of Corrections to just to help us. We're covering everything at the moment and we've got enough resources on the ground to be able to do it. As I've said, these one offenders, this group of offenders, our primary target is them. Is there any intelligence showing that the mongrel mob is involved? Have you heard of that gang? Yeah, I have heard of it, but no. No information on that at all. Surprised by the sheer number both overnight and the previous ones last week at just how many they can manage to do in a day? Well, yeah. It takes anyone by surprise. As I said, obviously we're dealing with a level or a class of criminals that you don't see too often and we can stop this behaviour and get them off the street as soon as possible. We'll abate it. We'll put a stop to it and I can't stress that enough. It's all we want to do is get these people off the road. Do you get it? Have you identified who it might be or what people move into these groups? We've got a number of leads we're following up on and there's various information coming through. We generate that into intelligence and we'll act on that accordingly, but at this stage I'm not really at liberty to sort of discuss what we've got. But there's not complete mystery people and not complete mystery so you might be looking for them. Some of them, we believe they're well known to us. Do you think they'll continue their country? I hope not if we can stop them. They appear to be rather brazen than what they're doing whether they decide to give it a go again or not. I can't answer that, I don't know what they do. Have more please been tasked to deal with this? We have got an ongoing operation running at the moment. We intend to add on that and supplement it with those offices I said from other areas. That'll start next week. We are ramping up the ante here. We have got sufficient numbers to get out, get on the streets and get some things done. Not just offhand. I won't disclose that at all. Last night's ram raids were also suspects in the ram raids looked at by the petrol task force. Any ideas yet? No, not yet. As I said, it appears to be it's a method of entry of choice these days of some people. Let's not be naive about it. These people have got loose associations. They talk to each other information they'll pass on. So you think they're part of a larger group that are sort of doing this kind of thing? There's no evidence to suggest that. As I said, they talk, they swap ideas, they share ideas. There's no indication of any coordination, any organisation, any sort of organisation at all. It's just different people trying different things. When you say you're ramping it up, was that from tonight? Were you being extra patrols or something on the street? We have started at the beginning of this week increasing our patrols, tasking more officers, swapping shifts just to be able to accommodate and get out the peak times when these things happen. But as of today, we're seeing them starting to do it in daylight now, early daylight. So we said, that's a deal. They've upped the ante. We'll accommodate them accordingly. Was it also through people involved in Monday? The rain raids early in the week? Was it also through people? That's why I said there's a very good indication that these three are involved in the ones that happened earlier on this week. Have you been able to calculate what sort of damage they've caused so far this week? No, we haven't. Really, that's the sad part. That's the tragic part about the whole lot. Here's a person just trying to maintain a business, earn a living so he or she can put food on their table. They're subject to thousands of dollars worth of damage for little, if any, gain. And just a total disregard that these three have got for these people. That's the tragic side. That's the human side of all this thing. And as soon as we can get them off the street, earliest we can get them off the street, we will. And I can give you an assurance now that the police within this district are absolutely committed to getting these people. It's their focus. It's their aim. It's affecting this district. It's affecting the people and the business within this district. It's like the businesses they've targeted, it's really just to go on to commit other crimes that they've been targeting, businesses to steal cars, just to sledgehammers. Is this the infant's luck? Is this the beginnings of their plans, do you think? Look, who knows. I don't know what's going through their tiny little minds at the moment. You just can't judge or even try and preempt or think what they might be thinking of. As I said in some instances, they target liquor outlets. Well, that's not for any financial gain. That's what it is. Is there a possibility that they might have been involved in the last months in which case they're out on parole? I don't know. Again, until we know who they are exactly and what their history is, if they've got any history at all, then we'll be able to sort of look at that. But as I said, the primary thing at the moment is to get them off the street. That's our target. Have you looked at those people who are out on parole? Have you looked at those people who are out on parole? We have, yeah. We do a number of curfew checks per shift and that's a continual shift objective for the crews in this area. That's where we're working in close relationship with the Department of Corrections. So it was just the one car stolen last night? I thought it was two from that business. No, one actually from that business. They used a couple to, you know, use one car to get another car out. There was this one, this blue miss in the road. That's stolen. That's the one that's stolen. That's the one that's been doing all the damage around the town. Did they leave a vehicle behind? That was being the first one. One business they did, yes. That was the silver high, wasn't it? I believe so, yeah. And like earlier on last week, they used one car to crash through the door of another business and then just took another car. So that's what I said, if we could just get people or business owners to take the keys with them to go home, it's simple. It doesn't cost anything.