From Cairns Post and Cairns News

A stolen car that ran a red light smashed into a Prado driven by a mum with a baby in the car on the long weekend while another 11 cars were stolen and were seen driving dangerously doing burnouts through Cairns suburban streets. Five stolen cars were recorded on CCTV driving erratically at night then racing off along a busy suburban street.

A new game in Cairns is ‘catch us if you can’ introduced by Queensland Labor and is a forerunner to the Voice. Frustrated police are at their wits end.

Since January, when 58 cars were stolen, car thefts have been steadily increasing to 70 in February and 86 in March.

To date this month 80 cars have already been stolen.

Police arrested and charged three teenagers in connection with a car that was stolen from Friendship St in Bentley Park on Saturday.

The car was recovered at Charles St, Manunda and three girls were taken into custody after being found at a Murray St address.

A 14-year-old Manoora girl has been charged with one count each of enter dwelling, unlawful use of motor vehicle and driving without a license.

Two Edmonton girls, aged 14 and 15, have each been charged with one count of unlawful use of a motor vehicle.

Police investigating the theft of two vehicles, including a white Lexus, from Le Grande St, Freshwater on Sunday have charged an 18-year-old woman.

Both vehicles were located in nearby suburbs a short time later and the Manoora woman has been charged with two counts of unlawful use of motor vehicle and one count each of enter dwelling, receiving tainted property and driving without a license.

Both vehicles were located in nearby suburbs a short time later and the Manoora woman has been charged with two counts of unlawful use of motor vehicle and one count each of enter dwelling, receiving tainted property and driving without a license.

She is due to appear at Cairns Magistrates Court on May 10.

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An expected large group of fed-up residents and victims of crime plan to picket State Parliament on May 10 when it sits in Cairns at the Convention Centre.

Last night enraged residents cornered then blocked a stolen car with their own vehicles and waited for police to apprehend and arrest the young occupants.

We think the four occupants were lucky the residents did not explain some manners to them.

Police have warned victims and the public not to chase stolen cars because “the drivers are not very good” one senior police officer said, as it was dangerous, against the law and the vigilantes could be charged.

In March the Rescue 510 helicopter rattled windows of south Cairns homes in a series of low flying missions to track dangerously driven stolen cars.

With Queensland Police spotters on board the QGAir chopper tracked stolen cars through the streets amid a significant surge in vehicle theft.

In response to runaway juvenile crime Katters Australian Party has long-proposed the reintroduction of Relocation Sentencing which gives courts the option of sending mostly Aboriginal offenders onto country to learn life skills and horsemanship, teaching them schoolwork, respect, how to work and hold a job.

KAP leader Robbie Katter has proposed sending these juveniles to remote cattle properties housed in donga camps minus phones and teach them to be responsible, learning skills and self-control utilising proper nutrition.

Two remote properties have been identified as acceptable for the task, one west of Mt Isa and another west of Coen.

The best the disingenuous Premier could come up with was a plush $500 million youth detention centre in Cairns, because remote sentencing would be too hard on the poor young kids.

Labor and Liberal politicians so far have refused to back the Katter proposal.