A 73-year-old woman has been robbed at knifepoint, a 28-year-old man has been punched in the face and another woman has had her handbag stolen while eating at a restaurant in a string of unrelated theft and robbery incidents in south east Queensland.
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All three incidents happened in or around vehicles.
About 3.30pm Wednesday, police say the elderly lady was getting into her car on City Road, Beenleigh, when a woman threatened her with a knife and demanded her handbag.
The offender then got into the passenger seat of a nearby silver vehicle and drove off along City Road and Hanover street.
The 73-year-old was unhurt.
In Runaway Bay on the Gold Coast, police say a 28-year-old man was walking back to his car on Lae Drive after leaving a nearby pub when two men approached him.
One of the men punched him in the face, causing him to drop his keys, before the other picked up the keys and stole the 28-year-old's car, police say.
The incident took place about 3.15pm on March 15.
The day before, a man reportedly stole a woman's handbag while she was eating at a restaurant in Mitchelton.
Police say the man took the woman's keys from the bag and tried to steal her vehicle before the woman and other bystanders came to her aid and he ran away.
The man is described as Caucasian, 20 to 30 years-old, about 175 centimetres tall, with short light-brown hair and a possible skin condition or tattoo on his right lower leg.
Police are investigating all three incidents and have released images of a man who may be able to assist with their inquiries into the Mitchelton incident.
