BREAKING: Three criminals are on the run after escaping a Queensland prison close to the NSW border.
Three criminals are on the run after escaping a Queensland prison close to the NSW border.
Police and prison officers are searching for Daniel Ian Badcock, Osiah Pilton and Antonio David Mene, who escaped from Palen Creek Correctional Centre in Rathdowney, west of the Gold Coast, on Sunday.Badcock is serving a year for prohibited weapons and explosives. Pilton is serving a sentence of a year and nine months for entering a dwelling with intent without violence, while Mene is serving three years for illegal use of a motor vehicle.Anyone with further information can also contact Policelink on 13 14 44.
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