Nerang siege

2022 - 6 - 9

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Police siege ends at Nerang on the Gold Coast, two men taken into ... (ABC News)

A Queensland Police Service spokeswoman said both men, who were on return-to-prison warrants, have now been arrested and police are in the process of ...

The pair were persons of interest and were possibly connected to a drive-by shooting at the Arundel Police Beat on Monday morning and a random shooting through a car window at Coolangatta on Saturday, police sources said. Police sourced said one of the men was allegedly linked to bikie gangs and was suspected of having stolen a car from a northern Gold Coast parking lot last month. Two men are in police custody after an 18-hour siege at a home in Nerang on the Gold Coast.

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Nerang siege: Gold Coast school closed, streets in lockdown as ... (7NEWS.com.au)

Queensland crime scene concerns ... Two men have been arrested after an 18-hour siege on the Gold Coast. Police revoked an emergency declaration encompassing four ...

Ahearn said one of the men had cut off their GPS ankle bracelet “in recent days” and the men were wanted over breaches of the conditions of their release from prison. The men involved in the siege were wanted on return-to-prison warrants and the ABC reports one was considered a “high-risk violent offender”. Police have not confirmed speculation the two men were wanted over two separate shootings - one a drive-by shooting at the Gold Coast’s Arundel Police Beat and another at Coolangatta on the Queensland-NSW border which left a man with a graze to his neck from a bullet in an apparently random attack.

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Gold Coast siege ends as police arrest two men after 20-hour standoff (9News)

Queensland police have arrested two wanted men on the Gold Coast, ending an almost 20 hour siege that locke...

Police said it remains unclear if the men were involved in the two incidents. "I left the house to go and get some groceries to watch the footy," he said. The two men eventually surrendered to police around 11am this morning and were taken into custody.

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Nerang siege: Two men arrested and emergency declaration ends ... (Daily Mail)

Police have arrested two wanted men who staged an 18-hour siege in a duplex belonging to an elderly couple in Nerang on Wednesday afternoon.

A woman in her 80s was treated by paramedics at the scene for shock. I just have to wait it out. It is believed one of the men arrested is a high-risk violent offender, possibly connected to two shootings on the Gold Coast in recent days Two man have been arrested after holding police at bay for 18 hours in a siege that forced residents of Nerang to sleep in their cars It is believed one of the men is a high-risk violent offender, possibly connected to two shootings on the Gold Coast in recent days. Two man have been arrested after holding police at bay for 18 hours in a siege that forced residents of a Gold Coast suburb to sleep in their cars.

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Gold Coast siege ends after 18 hours, two men arrested – myGC ... (myGC.com.au)

LATEST @ 11.20AM | A siege in Nerang has come to an end after 18 hours with Police taking two men into custody. The pair was arrested just after 11am on…

Police have declared an emergency situation and exclusion zone in Nerang due to an ongoing siege. A man in his 50s was injured after shots were fired into his family vehicle in Coolangatta on Saturday, before the Arundel Police beat was shot up in the early hours of Monday. The dramatic siege began around 3.00pm Wednesday afternoon when police attended a duplex along Rimu Place to reportedly serve two wanted men with return to prison warrants. Police have also now revoked the emergency declaration and lifted the exclusion zone in the suburb. The siege unfolded after officers attempted to serve the two men with return to prison warrants. A siege in Nerang has come to an end after 18 hours with Police taking two men into custody.

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Update: Nerang Siege Comes To An End (Triple M)

Police have arrested two men following an 18-hour siege in the suburb of Nerang on the Gold Coast. According to a Queensland Police Service spokesperson, ...

The pair have been linked to the drive-by shooting of the Arundel Police Beat at around 3:45AM on Monday morning. According to a Queensland Police Service spokesperson, the two men have been arrested and the exclusion zone has since been lifted. Police have arrested two men following an 18-hour siege in the suburb of Nerang on the Gold Coast.

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