Teenage boys nabbed after dramatic chopper chase through Adelaide’s eastern suburbs

Four teens have been charged with a list of offences after a police chopper was dispatched last night to track a stolen Jeep following an armed home invasion.

Four teenagers have been arrested after a break-in at Gilles Plains resulted in police chase on Monday morning.

Police were called to a house in Milbank Ave about 4.30am after reports that three males had broken into the victim’s house armed with weapons.

The suspects stole cash and other items before fleeing the scene in a stolen Jeep station wagon, driven by a fourth person.

The Jeep had been stolen from a North Adelaide house on Wednesday, September 11.

Polair tracked the car as it travelled city-bound on North East Rd and through the eastern suburbs.

It then headed west on Greenhill Rd and Anzac Highway before heading south on Main South Rd, where road spikes were used successfully at St Marys.

However, the car continued travelling south on the Southern Expressway before it was abandoned in the carpark of a hotel at Darlington.

Police dogs Axe and Enzo helped officers search for the four suspects who were located near Flagstaff Rd and Elly Ct.

A 17-year-old Elizabeth Grove boy, a 16-year-old Gilles Plains boy, and two 15-year-old boys from Pooraka and Holden Hill will face numerous charges including aggravated serious criminal trespass, theft and engaging in a police pursuit.

Originally published as Teenage boys nabbed after dramatic chopper chase through Adelaide’s eastern suburbs