Three-hour police pursuit comes to dramatic end in Brisbane

A three-hour pursuit across Logan, Ipswich and Brisbane has ended in dramatic fashion as the allegedly stolen car’s tyres were spiked. 

The bumbling trio had earlier failed an alleged armed carjacking after realising they couldn’t drive the woman’s vehicle.

They were eventually arrested about 6pm on Friday in St Lucia in Brisbane’s inner-west, after the black Haval came to a stop with its tyres shredded down to its rims on Gailey Road.

“The police car managed to push the [allegedly] stolen car into the side of the road and smashed it up and got out and arrested the three people,” witness Barry Christensen said.

“ … you can see the damage on the side where the police car swiped the entire side of the car.”

The special emergency response team was called out to apprehend two women and a man, aged 26, 22 and 24. 

The car was allegedly stolen from a car wash in the Ipswich suburb of Goodna on Wednesday.

It came up on the radar of police about 2.15pm on Friday in the Logan area and was tracked through Brisbane's inner-western suburbs.

The car was spotted on the wrong side of the road several times and narrowly missed a cyclist.

Police allege the trio tried to steal a car from a Sunnybank home before threatening a woman in nearby Kuraby with a large knife but failing to snatch her ute when they realised they couldn’t drive it.

“That's manual. It's manual,” someone could be heard saying.

The 26-year-old woman and 24-year-old man were both on parole at the time of the alleged offending. 

They did not apply for bail at Brisbane Magistrates Court today and were expected to reappear here again next month. 

The 22-year-old woman will make an application for bail on Monday.