THREE Queenslanders, four NSW men and three Victorians have been charged with 13 offences after a rowdy mob attacked Gold Coast police.

Police arrested two men just before 1am on Monday and were taking them back to Surfers Paradise police station when a crowd began to follow them.



The group gathered across the street from the station and one person threw a shoe at the building.



Officers allege that some people, using the cover of the crowd, began to intervene in the arrests.



They began obstructing, heckling and assaulting the police outside the station.



Three police officers suffered non-life threatening injuries, including one who was bitten on the lower arm.



A Victorian man, 22, was charged with being a public nuisance, obstructing police and serious assault of a police officer.



He's due to appear in the Southport Magistrates Court on February 17.



A Queensland man, 20, is also due in the same court on January 21 to face charges of obstructing police and breaching a bail condition.



The other men are facing various charges including being a public nuisance, obstructing police and being drunk in a public place.



They are due to appear in Southport Magistrates Court on various dates in January and February.



EARLIER IT WAS REPORTED THAT: Officers had been arresting two drunken teenagers on Orchid Avenue when a crowd of onlookers suddenly turned on police.

Eight more people were arrested on a number of charges as police were forced to call for back-up from the Mobile Deployment Squad.

Capsicum spray was used to subdue some of the more violent offenders while a shoe was also hurled at the police station.

It took 20 minutes for the angry, alcohol-fuelled crowd to disperse.

Senior police officials have viewed CCTV footage of the incident and have praised the behaviour of the front-line officers.

A young constable bitten on the hand will undergo disease testing.

Another suffered minor facial injuries while a third sustained ligament damage to his arm.

One of the alleged offenders will face Southport Magistrates Court this morning while others have been given notices to appear over the coming weeks.

