There were also disturbing reports of vigilantes attempting to chase at least one of the stolen vehicles around Cairns streets on Monday. Far North police Det Acting Insp Kevin Goan labelled the alleged attacks on the elderly victims as abhorrent and revealed multiple extra officers from Cairns, the Cassowary Coast and Tablelands called in to assist. At a time when families are coming together to celebrate Easter, it is disappointing to see this propensity for violence and disregard and disrespect for aged persons for nothing more than the sake of joyriding, he said. It is disappointing we had to build a response to this, suffice to say they were all taken into custody as quickly as possible, particularly given the distances travelled, police divisions traversed and the serious offending disrupted.