E-scooter riding teenager tells cops ‘relax’ after they find drugs and machete on him

A teenage e-scooter rider had a surprising reaction when police uncovered drugs and a machete in his back pocket, telling the officers to ‘relax’.

Police bodycam footage shows officers pursue and stop the 17-year-old boy for not wearing a helmet last Thursday in Brisbane.

The three officers then conduct a search and discover a quantity of drugs and a 60cm blade.

He was promptly arrested and charged with a string offences linked to an armed robbery on public transport earlier that day.

These include two counts of stealing, one count each of extortion, possess utensils, possess dangerous drugs, possession of a knife in a public place and armed robbery. 

He was refused police bail and is due to reappear in Brisbane Childrens Court. 

Police bodycam footage (pictured) shows officers pursue and stop the 17-year-old boy for not wearing a helmet last Thursday in Brisbane 

The clip shows a female officer react with an expression of shock when she sees the knife held up by her colleague.

‘That’s a knife alright,’ one officer says.

The cop then places the blade in the carrier of his bicycle as the situation becomes more tense.

The teen’s voice and identity is obscured for legal reasons but he tells the officers to ‘relax’.

‘No, I’m not going to relax, we just pulled a foot and a half blade out of your back pocket,’ the officer says.

‘I am not relaxed.’ 

The officers uncovered the blade after waving a metal detecting wand over the teenager’s body as part of a new law in Queensland.

Last Thursday police ‘wanded’ 158 people in Brisbane and since their powers to search for knives were extended they have found 36 weapons from 3086 scans.

Jack Beasley (pictured left with his father Brett) died after being stabbed during a night out with friends in Surfer’s Paradise in 2019. His death led to greater police powers to search for knives

The 60cm blade that police found on the teenager after pulling him over for not wearing a letmet

The new laws are known as ‘Jack’s law’, and were passed following the death by stabbing of 17-year-old Jack Beasley in 2019 outside a Surfers Paradise convenience store. 

The Police Powers and Responsibilities (Jack’s Law) Amendment Act 2023 arose as a result of experimental usage of metal detectors to detect knives in the Safe Night Precincts on the Gold Coast during May 2021 and November 2022. 

Queensland police recently ran a 12 month trial using scanning devices to detect knives, which was extended until April 30, 2025.

Last month Queensland police revealed there has been a 21 per cent increase in people aged between 10 and 21 years of age possessing knives in the last year.