Police have charged six people with more than 70 offences as part of Operation Whiskey Cheviot, created to investigate two violent robberies in Beerwah and the Glasshouse Mountains.
On 27 November 2023, police allege a group of men broke into a house on Burys Road, Beerwah while armed with baseball bats and a gun.
They allegedly made threats to two people in the home before striking and injuring a 75-year-old man on the arm with a bat, then stealing personal items and fleeing the scene.
On 30 November, a 17-year-old Sunnybank Hills boy was charged with two counts of armed robbery, two counts of deprivation of liberty and one count each of enter dwelling with intent, serious assault of person over 60, and face disguised with intent to commit indictable offence.
He has been remanded in custody and is due to next appear in Maroochydore Childrens Court on 5 June.
Months later, on 21 March 2024, police allege the other men in the group broke into a Morrison Road, Glasshouse Mountains property, armed with a meat cleaver and firearm.
They allegedly made threats to two people inside the home before again striking a man, stealing personal items and fleeing the scene.
The 47-year-old man suffered injuries to his right hand during the incident.
On 1 May, police charged a 19-year-old Crestmead man with three counts of armed robbery with violence, three counts of deprivation of liberty and one count each of grievous bodily harm, enter dwelling and commit indictable offence, extorsion with intent to cause serious personal injury and use face mask or disguise with intent to commit indictable offence.
He has been remanded in custody and is due to reappear in Brisbane Magistrates Court on 27 May.
On 8 May, police conducted search warrants and arrested four more men at properties in Sunnybank, Eight Miles Plains and Munruben.
Four 19-year-old men from Woodridge, Eight Miles Plains, Kingston and Crestmead, have all been charged with multiple offences and are set to appear in court.
