E-scooter riding teenager tells cops ‘relax’ after they find drugs and machete on him
Brilliant moment when an e-scooter driver tells police to ‘relax’ after discovering drugs and a machete in his back pocket
- Teen arrested with machete, drugs
- Queensland Police use ‘Jack’s Law’ to search
- Jack Beasley was stabbed to death in 2019
A teenage e-scooter rider had a surprising reaction when police discovered drugs and a machete in his back pocket and ordered officers to relax.
Police bodycam footage shows officers chasing and arresting the 17-year-old boy for not wearing a helmet in Brisbane last Thursday.
The three officers then go on a search and discover a quantity of drugs and a 60 cm knife.
He was promptly arrested and charged with a series of offenses related to an armed robbery of public transport earlier that day.
These include two counts of robbery, one count each of extortion, possession of utensils, possession of dangerous drugs, possession of a knife in a public place, and armed robbery.
He was released on bail by police and is due to reappear in Brisbane Children’s Court.
A teenager on an e-scooter had a surprising reaction when police discovered drugs and a machete (pictured) in his back pocket and told officers to ‘relax’
Police bodycam footage (pictured) shows officers chasing and apprehending the 17-year-old boy for not wearing a helmet in Brisbane last Thursday
The video shows how a female officer reacts with shock when she sees the knife that is being held by her colleague.
“That’s a knife,” says an officer.
The officer then places the knife in the rear rack of his bike as the situation gets more tense.
The teen’s voice and identity have been obscured for legal reasons, but he tells officers to “relax.”
“No, I’m not going to relax, we just took five feet of a knife from your back pocket,” says the officer.
“I’m not relaxed.”
The officers discovered the knife after waving a metal detection rod over the teen’s body as part of a new Queensland law.
Last Thursday, police “walked” 158 people in Brisbane and since their knife search powers were expanded, they have found 36 weapons from 3,086 scans.
Jack Beasley (pictured left with his father Brett) died after being stabbed during a night out with friends at Surfer’s Paradise in 2019. His death led to increased police powers to search for knives
The 2-foot knife police found on the teen after he apprehended him for not wearing a shirt
Known as ‘Jack’s law’, the new laws were passed following the death by stabbing of 17-year-old Jack Beasley in 2019 outside a Surfers Paradise supermarket.
The Police Powers and Responsibilities (Jack’s Law) Amendment Act 2023 came into being as a result of experimental use of metal detectors to detect knives in the Safe Night Precincts on the Gold Coast in May 2021 and November 2022.
Queensland Police recently conducted a 12-month trial using scanning equipment to detect knives, which was extended until April 30, 2025.
Last month, Queensland Police revealed that the number of people aged 10 to 21 who own knives has increased by 21 percent over the past year.