Noosa becomes ’easy target’ for crime

By Abbey Cannan

Noosa has become an easy target for criminals over the holiday period, with seven cars being stolen in just one week.

Noosa Police officer-in-charge acting senior sergeant Troy Cavell said last week a group of juveniles from Logan stole the cars over three nights from around Noosa Waters and Sunshine Beach.

“They’ve all been recovered,“ Snr Sgt Cavall said.

“The group of 15-16 year olds came up from Logan and they had never been up this way. They just steal cars for joy-riding and go back down to the Gold Coast.

“When crime does happen, it’s usually within a couple of days that you can identify there has been a pattern and who’s in the area, who’s moving. Last week’s offenders were kids…