Police are investigating whether hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of high-end cars stolen from an elite waterfront mansion on the Gold Coast could have been an “inside job”.
Important points:
- Police are investigating the theft of three luxury cars from a property in Surfers Paradise early Tuesday
- A high-end Ferrari was dumped in a Logan mall, but two other cars remain missing
- Officials say the keys to the cars were taken from a hidden location on the property
Officials are hunting down criminal redheads with high-end taste today after a Ferrari, Mercedes Benz and Porsche were stolen from property on Admiralty Drive in Surfers Paradise at around 3:00 a.m. Tuesday morning.
Police are looking for vehicles
The stolen nearly $ 500,000 Ferrari f8 Tributo Coupe was later found in the Logan Hyperdome parking lot north of the Gold Coast.
Police are still trying to track down a gray 2020 Mercedes-Benz sedan with Queensland license plate 618AD9 and a blue 2019 Porsche Ceyanne station wagon that were picked up as part of the carriage.
The license plates of the Porsche are 306YQW.
A Ferrari f8 Tributo Coupé similar to the stolen one. (
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Stolen cars could be an “inside job”
Police told ABC News they were investigating whether the vehicles were stolen by someone connected to the property’s occupants.
They say the keys to the luxury cars were taken from a hidden location on the property.
Property records show the six-bedroom, six-bathroom Admiralty Drive mansion where the cars were stolen was last sold for $ 935,000 in 1997 but listed for $ 6.5 million in 2017.
According to CoreLogic records, it was put up for sale again last July for an undisclosed amount.
The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information about the theft should contact Crime Stoppers at 1800 333 000.