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Police arrest four youths after chase into Gold Coast bushland

Two teens, aged 15 and 16, are among four people arrested following a dramatic police chase that ended up in bushland on the Gold Coast. SEE THE VIDEO

Four youths are in custody after a dramatic foot chase through bushland in Oxenford.

The Courier-Mail understands police have now arrested four people after attempting to stop a car driving through the Gold Coast.

Two of the juveniles were arrested after a lengthy foot chase through scrub.

The teens, who allegedly drove a stolen SUV, were arrested in the Pimpama area after a pursuit stretching more than two hours through Oxenford and the north of the city, a Gold Coast Police spokesman said.

Police arrest one of the youths after a chase through bushland on the Gold Coast. Picture: Channel 7
Police arrest one of the youths after a chase through bushland on the Gold Coast. Picture: Channel 7

He said police were alerted a Hyundai Tucson stolen from a Mermaid Beach home between January 24-25 was on the move about 12.20pm.

The chopper and police on the ground tracked the car for about an hour-and-a-half before the SUV was abandoned around Green Meadows Road at Pimpama.

The driver evaded police and spike strips were deployed twice unsuccessfully.

Police arrest a second youth people after a chase through bushland on the Gold Coast. Picture: Channel 7
Police arrest a second youth people after a chase through bushland on the Gold Coast. Picture: Channel 7

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