TWO people from Regents Park have been charged over an alleged armed robbery at a home in the Scenic Rim.
Police allege that three people traveled to a Kents Lagoon property at about 7.45am on 12 October in a stolen Ford Ranger, before entering and stealing a quad bike.
“The owners of the property, a man and a woman, attempted to follow the offenders prior to police arrival, and were allegedly threatened with a firearm,” police said in a statement.
Fifteen minutes later, police say they found a Ford Ranger and a gun abandoned at a street in Raceview, Ipswich.
Following investigations, police executed a search warrant at a Munruben property on 16 October, where they allegedly found ammunition and stolen property, including a vehicle, drug paraphernalia, and counterfeit money.
A 41-year-old Regents Park man has since been charged with two counts of unlawful use of a motor vehicle, unlawful possession of a weapon category A, B, or M, authority required to possess explosives, and one count each of enter premises and commit, driving a motor vehicle without a licence, receiving tainted property, possess counterfeit money and possess utensils or pipes.
He is due to appear in the Ipswich Magistrates Court today, 17 October.
A 33-year-old Regents Park woman has been charged with three counts of unlawful possession of a weapon category A, B, or M, two counts of unlawful use of a motor vehicle, and one count each of enter premises and commit and authority required to possess explosives.
She has been released on bail and is due to appear in Ipswich Magistrates Court on 21 November.
