Eleven teenagers arrested in incidents involving stolen cars, illegal driving and alcohol theft since Sunday

Eleven youths have been charged this week, including a 12-year-old, after a spate of driving offences including stolen luxury cars.

Eleven teenagers have been arrested in various driving offences this week.

In a spate of illegal driving by teenagers involving theft of vehicles or alcohol, the latest incident occurred when three youths, one as young as 12, were arrested after crashing a stolen Mercedes-Benz at the intersection of Tynte St and O’Connell St about 7.15am on Friday.

The Mercedes was stolen from an Adelaide address overnight.

Three people ran from the crash but were arrested by witnesses.

A Blair Athol boy, 12, a Gawler East boy, 14, and a Greenacres boy, 15, were arrested and are set to be charged later on Friday. There were no injuries.

Two Mercedes-Benz vehicles were stolen this week by teenagers.

On Thursday, three teens were arrested after dumping a stolen car at Northfield.

Police were notified of an abandoned car on Linden Ave about 5.30am on Thursday.

The suspects were seen running from the car, stolen from Kilkenny on March 15.

Patrols and Police Dog Axe searched the area for the suspects and found them nearby on Windsor Ave.

An Andrews Farm boy, 16, a Morphett Vale boy, 15, and a Ferryden Park boy, 13, were arrested and charged with illegal use. They will appear in the Adelaide Youth Court on June 10.

On Monday, four young girls, including a 13-year-old driver, allegedly stole from a bottle shop and led police on a chase in a stolen car.

Police say the girls took alcohol from a bottle shop on Liberator Dr at Paralowie about 9pm, before they left in a silver Toyota Camry sedan.

Checks showed the car had been stolen from a Craigmore home earlier on Monday afternoon.

The PolAir police helicopter tracked the car moving south on the North-South motorway.

The girls drove past Brickworks at Torrensville before police stopped them at the intersection of South Rd and Richmond Rd.

Driving the stolen car was a Craigmore girl, 13, who was charged with illegal use and driving unlicensed.

An Andrews Farm girl, 15, Evanston girl, 14, and Elizabeth Downs woman, 18, were all charged with aggravated theft.

All four will appear in the Elizabeth Youth Court and Elizabeth Magistrates Court on Tuesday.

In a separate incident on Monday night, a teenager sped through red lights in a stolen Mercedes-Benz through the western and northern suburbs on Monday night, police allege.

The stolen car was spotted on South Rd at Ridleyton about 7.45pm by police, who pursued the vehicle onto Chief St, Torrens Rd and the North-South Motorway before PolAir took over.

The Mercedes was tracked onto Salisbury Hwy, Kings Rd, Bolivar Rd and Waterloo Corner Rd before it stopped and passengers got out of the car.

The car then headed in a southerly direction at excessive speeds and ran multiple red lights, police say.

Eventually, the car headed towards Churchill Rd and back to Torrens Rd, before it stopped on War Memorial Dr.

A Greenacres boy, 16, was arrested and charged with driving dangerously to escape a police pursuit, theft of a motor vehicle, traffic offences and breaching home detention.

He was refused police bail and appeared in Adelaide Youth Court on Tuesday.

Patrols and Police Dog Judge searched for the passengers of the vehicle but they were unable to be located.

It comes the day after a 15-year-old boy was arrested after being followed by police in a stolen car at Morphett Vale.

The boy was spotted in the white Honda CRV on States Rd about 10.45pm on Sunday night.

Checks showed the car had been stolen from South Plympton overnight on Saturday.

It was followed by the Pol Air police helicopter as it travelled through the backstreets of Morphett Vale, before the car was surrounded by police and came to a stop on Collins Pde at Hackham after 15 minutes.

The Christies Beach boy was arrested and charged with illegal use of motor vehicle, speeding and driving unlicensed.

He was bailed to appear at the Christies Beach Youth Court on May 12.