Update 2: Abduction, armed robbery, Benowa
Police have charged a 17-year-old man following the alleged robbery and abduction of a man outside a hospital in Benowa on December 1.,
Around 3.30am a 25-year-old man was standing outside the hospital at Allchurch Street when he was allegedly assaulted by a number of males wearing balaclavas and armed with knives and a handgun.
He was allegedly forced into the boot of his own vehicle and driven to an ATM at Parklands Drive, Parkwood where he was made to withdraw a sum of money before he was placed back into the boot of his car.
It will be further alleged at 4.20am this vehicle crashed into a fence at Kurrambee Avenue at Ashmore where the offenders fled the vehicle.
The man was located in the boot of the car by neighbours in the area. He was transported to hospital for treatment to non-life threatening injuries.
A 17-year-old Ashmore man is scheduled to appear in Southport Magistrates Court today charged with two counts of unlawful use of a motor vehicle, two counts of armed robbery, and one count each of torture and deprivation of liberty.
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