Armed robbery, Surfers Paradise
Police are investigating after a man sitting in a car was robbed at Surfers Paradise early this morning.
Around 4am the man was sitting in a car with a woman on Surfers Paradise Boulevard at the intersection with Clifford Street when they were approached by two men.
The man sent the woman for help as the two men opened the car doors. The men grabbed at the driver, taking property from him whilst threatening him with a knife.
The driver was able to put his vehicle into gear and drive away with one of the two men smashing a window of the vehicle as he did so.
The driver, a 27-year-old Surfers Paradise man, was taken to the Gold Coast University Hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
The woman was not injured.
Investigations are continuing.
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