Police arrest man caught driving stolen Maserati

Watch the aftermath of a high-speed police takedown where an alleged car thief drove a stolen supercar over tyre spikes.

A stolen supercar reached break neck speeds along the leafy suburban streets of Toowoomba at almost peak school dropoff time before it was brought to a dramatic standstill by police spikes.

A Toowoomba man is in custody after police tracked a stolen Maserati Quattroporte from Ipswich to Toowoomba on Thursday, July 15.

Police were first alerted to the stolen car’s whereabouts when the sedan was observed doing a fuel drive off at a Haigslea service station early Thursday morning.

At around 6am information was received that the car was travelling westbound on the Warrego Highway towards Toowoomba.

Police spiked the vehicle’s tyres on Flagstone Creek Road and it was later observed doing upwards of 130km/h on Rowbotham Street shortly before 7am.

The vehicle’s front passenger side tyre blew out on Tourist Road, sending the vehicle into a tree at the centre of the South Street and Tourist Road intersection.

Police have arrested a 28-year-old Toowoomba man who led officers across Toowoomba in a stolen Maserati Quattroporte on Thursday, July 15.

Toowoomba Detective Acting-Senior Sergeant John Cunningham said recovering the stolen car was a great result.

“As a result of some excellent police work and information from the public we have arrested a 28-year-old Toowoomba man,” he said.

The Crows Nest man has been charged with three counts of trespass and one count each of dangerous operation of a vehicle while adversely affected by an intoxicating substance, unlawful use of a motor vehicle, possess dangerous drugs, evasion, stealing, driving unlicensed, obstruct police, possession of a knife in a public place, burglary and receive tainted property.

Sgt Cunningham said it was uncertain if the man was also behind the break-in at the Piccadilly Court home, where the car was initially stolen from early Wednesday morning.

The incident comes about a day after Toowoomba police called in a Polair chopper to take two suspects driving a Porsche Macan, stolen from a Mount Lofty Home on Monday.