Seven teenagers, including two 13-year-olds, arrested after allegedly driving a stolen car from Adelaide to Whyalla
Seven teenagers, including two 13-year-olds, have been arrested after they allegedly drove a stolen car almost 400km from Adelaide to Whyalla.
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Seven youths have been arrested after they allegedly drove a stolen car from Adelaide to Whyalla.
Police said a stolen black Subaru on the Lincoln Hwy, north of Whyalla, about 9.45pm Monday.
The car was reported stolen from a Broadview home on Sunday.
Police pursued the car south along the highway towards Whyalla but lost sight of it after its tyres were spiked on Arthur Glennie Dr.
It was found abandoned in scrubland between McBryde Tce and Charles Ave.
Seven youths were found hiding in the backyard of a McBryde Tce property before being arrested and charged over the incident.
A 13-year-old Andrews Farm girl, two 14-year-old Greenacres girls, and a 15-year-old Woodville West girl were charged with illegal use and breach of bail, while a 15-year-old Adelaide boy and a 15-year-old Elizabeth North boy were charged with illegal use, engage in a police pursuit, drive unlicensed, aggravated driving without due care and breach of bail.
A 13-year-old Devon Park boy was also charged with illegal use, engage in a police pursuit, driving unlicensed, driving without due care and breach of bail.
All seven teenagers were refused police bail to face the Whyalla Youth Court on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, a 24-year-old Novar Gardens man will face court on Tuesday after allegedly stealing a BMW during a break-in and leading police on a high-speed pursuit.
Police said the car was stolen from a Marion property on Monday night before it was spotted on Marion Rd about 9pm.
Police pursued the car, which travelled along Anzac Hwy and Morphett Rd before being abandoned on Montreal Ave at Novar Gardens.
The driver allegedly fled the scene before police arrested him at his home.
He was charged with two counts of unlawfully on premises, two counts of aggravated serious criminal trespass, illegal use, engage in police pursuit, extreme speed and a number of traffic offences.
He was refused police bail to face the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
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