Police continue investigation into Redbank Plains fracas

Media Release from Queensland Police Media

Operation Ice Iguana – Redbank Plains

A joint investigation into a large altercation at Redbank Plains on March 14 where three people were injured has resulted in 21 people being charged with rioting.

Police commenced Operation Ice Iguana after a 22-year-old man received gunshot wound to his buttocks, a 21-year-old man was shot in the leg and a 19-year-old man received a bullet grazing to his shoulder during the March 14 incident.

Their injuries were not life-threatening.

Officers from the Ipswich and Logan Criminal Investigation Branches, Ipswich Tactical Crime Squad and the State Crime Operations Command State Flying Squad today arrested and charged 14 men and seven women with riot with a circumstance of aggravation.

Eleven men and women aged between 20 and 33 were taken to the Ipswich Watchhouse and ten men and women aged between 17 and 37 were taken to the Beenleigh Watchhouse.

They are all due to appear in the Ipswich Magistrates Court on May 5.

Investigations are continuing.