A female police officer has been assaulted after confronting two men who were sleeping in a car with a gun on the Gold Coast.
The two men are in custody while the officer has been taken to hospital after suffering a head injury and abrasions in the altercation, police said.
Officers were called to investigate two men sleeping in a damaged car parked at Parkwood after 5.30am on Wednesday.
When police approached the car, the man in the driver’s seat became violent and assaulted the female officer, police said.
The woman suffered a head injury and the male passenger allegedly fled before being chased down and arrested.
A search of the car found a firearm, ammunition and suspected stolen items, police said.