A teenager has been charged after a group armed with a large knife were allegedly spotted casing out cars and homes across Queensland’s south-east in a stolen Mustang.

CCTV shows a hooded thief with a large knife getting out of the blue Mustang and trying to start an unlocked car in the driveway of a home on the Gold Coast yesterday morning.

Police allege that was one of several unsuccessful attempted car thefts during a 20-hour spree.

 


CCTV shows a hooded thief with a large knife getting out of the blue Mustang and trying to start an unlocked car in the driveway of a home on the Gold Coast yesterday morning.© Nine


CCTV shows a hooded thief with a large knife getting out of the blue Mustang and trying to start an unlocked car in the driveway of a home on the Gold Coast yesterday morning.© Nine

The car was also allegedly sighted in a number of suburbs from Mango Hill, north of Brisbane, down to Ormeau Hill, Pacific Pines and Southport on the Gold Coast.

The Mustang was stolen from a home in Minyama, on the Sunshine Coast, about 11pm on Friday, after the keys to the car were stolen from inside the home, police allege.

The car made its way back up to Logan from the Gold Coast yesterday afternoon, where PolAir spotted it travelling from the Gateway Motorway to the Logan Motorway about 5.30pm yesterday.

 


Police laid out stop sticks in Underwood around 7.05pm and the Mustang was abandoned in a nearby carpark off Kingston Road.© Nine

Police laid out stop sticks in Underwood about 7.05pm and the Mustang was abandoned in a nearby carpark off Kingston Road.

A 15-year-old boy was arrested a short time later at a home in Woodridge.

He has been charged with unlawful use of a motor vehicle and will appear before the Beenleigh Childrens Court tomorrow.

Nobody else has been arrested in relation to the incident. Investigations are ongoing.