A widely shared video on social media shows the moment a brazen hoon does a burnout outside Southport police station on the Gold Coast, Queensland, drawing one officer out of the building.
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Game over for illegal hoon events
Minister for Police and Corrective Services and Minister for Fire and Emergency Services The Honourable Mark Ryan
Drivers taking part in illegal mass hoon gatherings will be further targeted under new anti-hoon powers passed in the Queensland Parliament this week. Police Minister Mark Ryan said amendments to the legislation will turn the table on hoons and support police enforcement action against those taking part in these gatherings. “As a result of these new laws, Police are now equipped with powers which will enable them to serve notices on the owner of a vehicle involved in hooning offences,” Minister Ryan said. “This means if the owner of a vehicle claims they weren’t driving at the time of the offence, it will be up to them to prove it.” Minister Ryan said road policing units across Queensland will be using high-tech camera technology along with the traffic monitoring CCTV network to target mass hoon gatherings.
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Police continue to target illegal hoon activity at Gold Coast
Police have seized two vehicles, issued 97 traffic infringement notices and arrested six people as part of an ongoing operation targeting dangerous driving and anti-social behaviour on the Gold Coast.
As part of Operation Tango Vinyl which commenced in March, a large police presence intercepted vehicles across the northern Gold Coast on Saturday night (April 17), including at a carpark on Tamborine Oxenford Road at Oxenford where a number of cars and people gathered.
Acting Chief Superintendent Geoff Sheldon said these type of targeted operations would continue to disrupt illegal hoon related activity and dangerous driving offences.
A Queensland Police crackdown on hooning had resulted in cars being impounded and multiple charges of dangerous driving following a series of gatherings in south-east Queensland.