Thieves who stole three rings worth around $110,000 from flamboyant country rock singer Jade Hurley hocked them to a pawnbroker for just $150, police say links of london charms.
Police have located most of the $250,000 worth of jewellery stolen from Hurley by thieves.
While two rings are still missing, police have located four rings, a professional video camera, a necklace with Hurley’s signature J on it and two bracelets.
The jewellery, which Hurley said was worth more than $250,000, was left in his motor home, which he parked outside his Gold Coast home links of london sale.
A spokesman for the Burleigh Heads CIB said police first found the trail of jewellery by randomly visiting a pawnbroker who had bought three rings, worth around $110,000, for just $50 each.
The spokesman said a 19-year-old Currumbin man had shown proof of ID to the pawnbroker when making the sale links of london.
He was found by police and charged with entering a premises to commit an indictable offence and fraud.
“The (19-year-old) told us he saw the news later that night and asked himself: `What have I got myself into?’” the police spokesman said links of london items.
The spokesman said once the 19-year-old was located, police were able to follow the trail of the remaining jewellery.