Mar 17, 2021 | Community, Crime

Man arrested after two days on the run

  • Rod Stephen is a former television journalist and has worked as Foreign Editor for the Seven Network, Australian Bureau Chief for TV3 New Zealand, UK correspondent for Seven and ABC radio and as a producer for Reuters TV in London as well as SBS in Sydney and Melbourne before returning to Brisbane to work at 4BC.

Logan City police are glad that the man at the centre of yesterday’s six-hour emergency declaration on the Gold Coast has been arrested by police.

37-year old Mark Lutengau, was bitten on the arm by a police dog during his arrest at Baloo Street in Nerang, shortly after 4 o’çlock this afternoon.

Mr Lutengau was taken to the Gold Coast University Hospital and remains there under police guard.

Speaking at a media conference this afternoon, Acting Inspector Kevin Gant said specialist officers made the arrest.

“Today, as a result of our inquiries, we identified a possible location where that male could have been, as a result of that, a declaration was made under a PSPA act, for the immediate area,” Mr Gant said.

“A short time later, that male was arrested and taken into custody.”

Today’s emergency declaration was revoked at 4:22 this afternoon.

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