Police have charged a 31-year-old Beenleigh man with 12 offences after a truck was allegedly stolen at Marburg this morning, Queensland Police say.
It will be alleged a man entered a trucking business on the Warrego Highway at Marburg around 5.35am, stealing a prime mover and crashing through a chain wire fence as he drove from the property, causing significant damage.
A police motorcycle officer attempted to intercept the vehicle however it failed to stop and continued travelling towards Amberley.
The truck entered Commonwealth property located on Hanson Road, Amberley crashing through a locked gate. It came to stop in a paddock around 5.50am and the male driver was taken into custody.
A 31-year-old man was due to appear in the Ipswich Magistrates Court this afternoon charged with three counts of willful damage/destruction, and one count each of unlawful use of a motor vehicle, fail to stop a motor vehicle, unlicensed driving, driving whilst relevant drug present in blood, fail to take reasonable care in disposal of a syringe, trespass, enter premises with intent and enter premises and commit an indictable offence.
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