Would-be thieves locked out of Qld servo

A quick-thinking service station employee in southeast Queensland has thwarted two would-be teenage thieves by locking them outside.

Police say a pair of knife-wielding 17-year-olds tried to break into the Redcliffe service station in the early hours of Friday morning.

But they were unable to get in when the attendant locked the front doors.

They were tracked to a nearby house and arrested.

The duo will appear in Redcliffe Magistrates Court charged with attempted armed robbery.