Stealing, Shailer Park
Police are investigating an incident where an elderly lady was injured as her handbag was snatched at a shopping complex in Shailer Park this afternoon.
Around 3.50pm the lady was walking along a corridor in the complex when a male, believed to be in his late teens grabbed hold of her bag and ran off with it.
The lady turned around and tried to retrieve her bag, but at the same time fell to the ground, sustaining suspected hip injuries.
The teenager was last seen getting into a silver car with NSW registration plates after dumping the handbag in a garden.
The Loganholme lady was transported to the Logan City Hospital for treatment.
He is described as being in his late teens, with a slim build, tanned skin, short black hair and was last seen wearing a blue hooded jumper, black boardshorts with a white print and black sandshoes.
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