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Police on the hunt for gang of masked muggers who attacked a man at Burleigh Heads with a baseball bat

Chris ClarkeThe Courier-Mail

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FOUR men are on the run after a spate of violent street robberies on the Gold Coast.

Detectives have made a desperate plea for information following four random attacks last night.

About 2.30am, a 50-year-old man was confronted by four men on Goodwin Terrace at Burleigh Heads.

The group threatened him with a knife and struck him on the leg with a metal baseball bat before stealing his phone and wallet and fleeing in a stolen white 2012 Nissan Navara utility.

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At 3.20am the same group is believed to have stolen a silver 2009 Ford Falcon utility while it was unattended at a Hooker Boulevard service station in Broadbeach Waters.

A short time later, three men from the Navara threatened a 30-year-old man who was walking to work on Cotlew Street in Ashmore.

The trio assaulted him with a baseball bat before stealing his wallet and personal belongings.

The three men were then captured on footage stealing items from a Southport Nerang Road service station at Ashmore around 4.35am.

The Navara utility was also seen at this location.

It is believed the same group is behind an attempted armed robbery at Alabaster Drive at Carrara around 5.55am where three men in a Navara confronted a 61-year-old woman.

They demanded she hand over her phone before producing a knife. The woman managed to run into a nearby car park and raise the alarm while the group drove away.

One of the males is described as being Caucasian in appearance with blonde hair while another is described as being Pacific Islander in appearance with dark hair and having a moustache. They are all believed to be aged in their late teens.

Detectives are urging anyone with information regarding any of the incidents to contact police.