The slammed incident on New Year’s Eve has seen the fleet of cars drive recklessly and blocked a busy bridge to let off fireworks, with police in Queensland charging six people and taking 13 Ford Falcons.
A video shot in the footage taken on Brisbane’s Gateway Bridge on New Year’S Eve just minutes before midnight showed Falcons driven by masked men blocking northbound lanes and performing burnouts, while some of the residents also saw firing off fireworks.
By the time police arrived on the scene, the alleged offenders had fled.
Nevertheless, the Queensland Police Service launched Operation Yankee Reacher under the direction of Brisbane City Criminal Investigation Branch (Burning) and today announced a series of arrests following search warrants across the wider Brisbane and Gold Coast area including Caboolture and Logan Village.
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three alleged stolen Falcons were of the 13 seized Falconers, which . paraphrasing, were based at a Logan Reserve Road address in Waterford West.
QPS posted footage of officers breaking down the front door of a home, and finding’Falcon ute around back with its tub full of Tyres’.
Some of the alleged offenders have already appeared before court.
The operation was only charged with one offence of one of the alleged criminals who had been brought up in the operation, including a 17-year-old Springwood boy accused of contravening an order about information needed to access information stored electronically.
But the other offenders have a much longer list of offences an 18-year-old Caboolture man, he was 16 years old Daisy Hill boy, 52- year Old Logan Village man; 19-Y-waterford man (pictured), 22-y-century Kensington Grove man and two 21-month-OLD men from Logan Valley and Daisy Hills.
Three men had been charged with posting on social media about their role in the dangerous operation of a car; three were accused of unlawful involvement in ‘unregistered and/or uninsured vehicle driving; 3 for possession of false noise or smoke; two charges of driving without obtaining sanction, and two others to be charged by having no licence and not having reissued number plate.
Another 14 year old Daisy Hill boy was also charged with possession of dangerous drugs and utensils, the 52-year–old Logan Village man who was charged in connection with possessing illegal firearms; The 19 years-old Waterford man had been charged without wearing a seatbelt and having passengers travel with parts of their bodies outside the car.
None of the offences listed appear to relate to the use of fireworks.
A breakdown of which alleged offender was charged with what can be found on the Queensland Police media site.
QPS notes the fine for a vehicle driving in an unnecessary noise/smoking manner is $534, two demerit points; watching (without causing any reasonable excuse) in ‘group hooning activity’ $667 and driving uninsured motor vehicle $6667.
The New Year’s Eve incident wasn’t the first time hoons have done a street takeover on the Gateway Bridge.
During June 2025, the fireworks were fired as masked hoons (most of whom appeared to be in Ford Falcons and also – when they crossed the bridge).
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