Police have charged two men following an incident involving a stolen vehicle yesterday, 13 October.
Officers began tracking a Skoda Octavia, allegedly bearing false numberplates, from Dreamworld Parkway in Coomera around 11.10am.
It is alleged the vehicle was stolen from a Commodore Drive residence in Surfers Paradise on August 23.
With assistance from POLAIR, officers tracked the vehicle for a period before Tyre Deflation Devices (TDD) were successfully deployed twice in Upper Coomera.
The Skoda then came to a stop a short time later at an Upper Coomera residence, where two male occupants entered a Toyota Hilux.
Police continued to track the Hilux southbound on the Pacific Motorway to Robina, where it stopped in a shopping centre carpark.
It is alleged the two occupants than fled the vehicle on foot.
Officers located one of the men, a 35-year-old from Parkwood, in the shopping centre and took him into custody around 1.12pm.
The other man, a 22-year-old from Helensvale, was located a short distance away on Scottsdale Drive around 1.30pm, and also taken into custody.
A 35-year-old from Parkwood man has been charged with seven offences including two counts of unlawful use of a motor vehicle and one count each of dangerous driving and possessing dangerous drugs.
A 22-year-old Helensvale man has been charged with six offences including two counts of unlawful use of a motor vehicle and one count of dangerous driving.
Both men are expected to appear in Southport Magistrates Court today, 14 October.
Investigations are ongoing.
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