Mum breaks silence after her baby is kidnapped during brazen car theft in Queensland

Published: 01:08, 16 June 2026 | Updated: 01:08, 16 June 2026 A shaken Townsville mother has broken her silence after her car was stolen with her newborn baby inside, in the latest brazen vehicle theft to rock Queensland. Sarah, whose surname has been withheld, said she was unloading rubbish from her car in her driveway on Monday afternoon while her two-month-old daughter, Callie, slept inside when thieves struck. 'It just it happened so quickly and it was the longest two minutes of my life waiting for that car to turn around and drop her off. Because as a mum, you're obviously expecting the absolute worst and you see what happens to the vehicles here,' Sarah told Sunrise. 'Your mind goes to some pretty crazy places. 'They can take the car, cars are replaceable, but to know that my baby was in that vehicle when they're so erratic was the most frightening couple of minutes of my life.' The thieves then drove back towards Sarah's driveway, put the baby on the kerb in its car seat, before bizarrely handing Sarah her mobile phone and sped off. 'I just stood in front of them asked them, "Why are you doing this? This is my family car. We work hard for this and I need this," and they said, "Because we're bad guys",' Sarah said. 'And I was like, "Okay, well, can I at least have my phone?" and they handed me it.'  Sarah's two-month-old baby Callie was asleep in her car seat when a group of thieves pounced and took off with the car around 1.44pm on Monday Heartbreaking CCTV footage has emerged of Sarah screaming at the thieves as they stole her car, shouting, 'My baby is in there!' Sarah said this isn't the first time she has been the victim of a robbery. She is now calling on the Queensland Liberal Government to strengthen laws to ensure criminals are not able to keep reoffending with little consequence. 'It's such a common thing. You speak to people here and every second person has had a car stolen or they've been broken into, and it's just such an invasion. And it's violating. It feels disgusting,' Sarah said. 'People are scared to drive around the roads because of these drivers. And it's not fair. We shouldn't have to live in fear like that.' A Queensland Police spokesperson confirmed to the Daily Mail that six teens have been arrested in connection with the incident. They are expected to be charged later today. Police located Sarah's black Isuzu D-Max on Monday night. However, Sarah said she feels so violated that she does not want the car back. Police confirmed no one was physically injured during the incident. The baby was assessed by paramedics as a precaution. No comments have so far been submitted. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts, or debate this issue live on our message boards. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.