The Irish gypsies who scammed small businesses and trashed apartments have left after tormenting the country, it has been claimed.
The travellers are en route to Hawaii after Queensland police ran them out of the country on Saturday, a travel agent said on Monday.
An anonymous Facebook message from a the worker told Brisbane’s Hit radio station a group men came in and booked for seven adults and six children including infants to fly out that evening.
The Irish travellers accused of stealing their way through Brisbane have left a vicious voice message for a property manager they scammed
The Irish travellers accused of scamming and stealing their way around Brisbane allegedly used their children to steal designer shoes, police revealed today
The men all said to the travel agent that it was a surprise for their wives.
The same agent also said another man came in later and asked to get on the same flight to Hawaii but couldn’t be fit in to that evening flight.
He then went to another agency to and booked a flight with his family to the U.K and left the next morning.
The agent said the men intended to travel from Hawaii.
The travel agent said in the message the customers did look suspicious but they didn’t intend to fraud her so she processed the tickets.
She later found out authorities had planned to deport them and not charge the group for any damages for the small businesses and properties.
The group of Irish ‘gypsy’ tourists (pictured) accused of scamming restaurants across Brisbane
The alleged crime is among 12 complaints Queensland Police have received about the same group of Irish tourists since January. Pictured: Images released by police
Another woman called Carrie in to the radio show confirming the Irish Travellers had left the country on Saturday.
According to her friend ‘that is in the authorities’ there were no issues for the travellers leaving and they weren’t detained at the airport.
‘They usually go in groups so i’m sure they all left today, ‘ the caller said.
Detective Fleming said he believes he knows who the alleged culprits are and that the Australian Border Force is trying to track down a group nine ‘ disrespectful’ men and women. Pictured: Images released by police
The Irish travellers were accused of stealing their way through Brisbane after they left a vile message for a property manager they allegedly scammed.
The at least four women, accompanied by several men, are accused of stealing groceries from supermarkets and scamming restaurants for free meals by claiming they found glass or hair in their food.
Property manager Clara Carmichael spoke publicly about the group allegedly destroying four brand new apartments in Brisbane, one of the men left her a vile and abusive message.
The group allegedly left the apartments badly damaged, with dents in the walls (pictured)
‘You won’t be able to get any more payouts on your big plastic lips or your big plastic rubber face. You’re a dirty, smelly Australian slapper. Bye now,’ he said.
Ms Carmichael shared the message on Monday after the group trashed a number of rental apartments.
She claimed they left a trail of destruction when they fled the apartments in the middle of the night.
Photos show carpet badly stained with black marks, walls dented and sink basins smashed in.
Ms Carmichael claimed they also left a toilet clogged with potatoes.
‘It was a little bit disturbing,’ she told the Today show on Monday.
The rental apartment in Brisbane (pictured) was allegedly trashed by the travelling group, with dents in the walls and badly stained carpet
Ms Carmichael claimed the group was violent towards each other and neighbours.
‘They terrorised the other tenants in the building. People were scared to come in and out,’ she told Seven News.
Ms Carmichael said the group of travellers made a good first impression when they applied to rent the apartments.
The women are believed to be accompanied in the country by several men. Police released these images of the men they believe are linked to the women
Police say the men solicit for work offering discounted repairs on driveways and roofing whilst providing sub-standard services or failing to complete the work or to even turn up. Police released these images of the men they believe are linked to the women
‘Our buildings are close to quite a big church and they said they wanted to live there because they liked to attend church regularly,’ she said.
She said it wasn’t long before their behaviour turned ‘threatening’ and they stopped paying rent.
Ms Carmichael said they were forced to remove some members from the building, while others fled in the middle of the night.
Detectives are trying to assemble enough evidence to have them deported as soon as possible, Detective Superintendent Tony Fleming said in a press conference
‘Someone has to say something to stop the reign of terror they’re unleashing on the community,’ she said.
‘People work hard in their businesses and to be scammed like this on such a big level, it’s just not fair. It needs to be stopped.’
The property damage is just the most recent in a string of crimes the group of Irish travellers is allegedly behind.
Police said: ‘Another incident involved four men claiming to have found hair in their food at a Brisbane restaurant and then leaving without paying’. Police released these images of the men they believe are linked to the women
Police have urged members of the public to stay informed as they set up a task force to catch the group.
Detective Superintendent Tony Fleming said on Monday some of the group had now left Australia but some still remained at large.
The group will face deportation from Australia when they are caught.
Police said: ‘With all the attention they’ve got … I would suspect they would go mobile very quickly either elsewhere in Queensland or interstate.’ Police released these images of the men they believe are linked to the women
Previously, the group has allegedly used their children to swipe designer shoes, police revealed today as they released new pictures of the suspects.
One mother distracted a shop worker while her toddler allegedly pilfered a pair of Chanel shoes, worth hundreds of dollars, and placed them in a pram.
The alleged crime is among 12 complaints Queensland Police have received about the same group of Irish tourists since January.
The owner of a Gold Coast grocery store claims the Irish mothers accused of scamming businesses across Queensland had wads of $50 stuffed in their bras
Officers are trying to assemble enough evidence to have them deported as soon as possible, Detective Superintendent Tony Fleming said today in a press conference.
The women are believed to be accompanied in the country by several men.
Police say the men solicit for work offering discounted repairs on driveways and roofing before doing a botched job or failing to even turn up.
The supermarket owner alleges the ‘attractive’ women stole $100 worth of groceries, the man identified as ‘Nash’ told Hit 105
Detective Fleming said he believes he knows who the alleged culprits are. The Australian Border Force is trying to track down a group nine ‘disrespectful’ men and women.
‘There’s a bit of an art and craft to this, they generally remain highly mobile and they don’t stay in one place too long and my experience tells me they are generally alert to the practices of police,’ Fleming said.
‘Based on the CCTV they don’t seem to be concerned in any way shape or form about being seen or detected, that either means they’ve done nothing wrong or they’re incredibly brazen and they have no respect for the law and more importantly have no respect for the people in our community.
The three mothers and their children (pictured) have been accused by dozens of businesses in Queensland of planting glass shards in their meals to get a free feed
‘With all the attention they’ve got … I would suspect they would go mobile very quickly either elsewhere in Queensland or interstate.’
Superintendent Fleming said it was a case of when, not if, police find the group.
‘It’s one thing to make a mistake but what we’ve got before us appears to be a group of people who are incredibly brazen, disrespectful and they’re likely to continue to offend,’ he said.
The group of Irish mothers (pictured) are accused of demanding a lunch worth $20 for free
‘We’ve brought the case together under one command to try and co-ordinate the investigations across the south-east.’
It comes after CCTV footage appeared to show at least two women filling their bags at Brisbane’s Chevron Island supermarket before allegedly making off with stolen shopping.
The CCTV footage show how a staff member approaches the group before the blonde woman appears to frantically unload the goods from her handbag into her basket, revealing the items she allegedly planned to steal.
Police said: ‘Some of these people have been working in groups targeting retail stores stealing goods and money, and obtaining free food and beverages from restaurants claiming foreign objects, such as glass, are in their food.’ Police released these images of the men they believe are linked to the women
Shocking footage also shows one of the women allegedly swiping a stack of meat trays from the shop floor.
Queensland police told Daily Mail Australia: ‘Police are aware of the incident and are making follow up inquiries.’
Police are now investigating if the mothers are linked to an Irish fraudster who was recently arrested in Broadbeach but failed to show up at court, reported Seven News.
Several small business owners across Brisbane claim they have been scammed by the same women, who have been spotted around the city with two prams and at least four children.
Managers of several restaurants claim the women have been planting shards of glass in their meals before refusing to pay.
In another recent scam, the Irish travellers allegedly ordered sandwiches at a coffee shop but when the manager asked for payment, the women claimed they had been given the wrong food the day before and wanted their meals – worth $20 – for free.
Pictured is a shard of glass an Irish mother claimed to have found in her meal at Bird’s Nest Restaurant
The manager said he had worked the previous day and hadn’t seen the women at all.
‘They started getting aggressive and so then I eventually just gave them three of the sandwiches that they said they ordered and then they asked for another one,’ he told the Brisbane Times.
Staff at the International Hotel also claimed the same women came into their venue, asking for free drinks and cigarettes because the cigarette machine wasn’t working.
‘At the end they complained the steak wasn’t cooked properly so obviously we gave them a free meal,’ Nikki Watts of the International Hotel told Seven News.
One canny restaurant manager convinced the women to leave their details with him after sensing he was being scammed by the infamous glass trick.
Photos show carpet badly stained with black marks, walls dented and sink basins smashed in
Mido Nassif, who works at Wilson’s seafood restaurant, asked the women for their contact details on the pretense of wanting to later check if they were OK.
One woman then wrote a note with the name ‘Jenny’ above a UK address and phone number.
The note said they were staying ‘In Birisborin’ (Brisbane) at a ‘Hilton Hotel’.
The manager said the two women – who were dressed like they were ‘going to a nightclub’ – left without paying their $260 bill.
The Irish travellers first came to public attention when the owner of Bird’s Nest restaurant Marie Yokoyama shared her experience of the glass scam on Facebook and warned other owners to watch out.
One of the women gave a note (pictured) to a restaurant after claiming to find glass in a meal