BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 26 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release:

Police have charged three people following investigations into break-ins at three businesses across South-East Queensland over the past two days.

It will be alleged that around 2.20am on Tuesday February 25, three people forced entry to a service station on Beaudesert Road at Acacia Ridge by smashing the front glass doors.

The trio allegedly stole a significant quantity of cigarettes and fled.

Around 2.15am on Wednesday February 26, it will be alleged three people broke into a supermarket on Teviot Road at Greenbank and stole cigarettes and cash.

Shortly after at 3.10am a silver Ford Falcon was allegedly reversed into the locked security scre...