BRISBANE, Queensland, March 2 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release:

Detectives from the Emerald Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) have charged two men in relation to property offences in December last year.

It will be alleged around 1.15am on December 3, a stolen Toyota Landcruiser deliberately rammed through the front of a shop within a shopping centre on Capricornia Highway and Codenwarra Road in Emerald.

It will be further alleged there was extensive damage caused to the shopping centre and business within the complex and a large quantity of items were stolen before the offender fled the scene on foot.

Following extensive investigations, a 38-year-old Lockyer Waters man was arrested by Acacia Ridge police...