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Two teen boys have been arrested following multiple pursuit incidents in a stolen motor vehicle throughout Canberra’s inner north overnight.
Between Thursday night (3 April 2025) and Friday morning (4 April 2025) a white BMW SUV was stolen from a residence in Amaroo.
Throughout the course of Friday afternoon, police received multiple Triple Zero calls in relation to the vehicle driving dangerously. The vehicle was observed by members of the public to be travelling at high speeds, moving through traffic and failing to stop at traffic lights.
About 11:10pm last night, police attempted to stop the vehicle. The driver, a 16-year-old boy, accelerated away on Barton Highway in Crace.
Shortly after, about 11:15pm, police sighted the vehicle again on Ellenborough Avenue in Lyneham. Officers activated their lights and sirens where the vehicle once again failed to stop for police.
About 11:30pm, police successfully deployed a tyre deflation device on the Barton Highway in Crace, directing the driver of the BMW to pull over but he refused to comply.
Shortly after, the BMW came to a stop in Palmerston where the driver and a 14-year-old passenger attempted to flee on foot but were arrested by police.
The 16-year-old boy underwent an oral fluid analysis that returned a positive result for methylamphetamine.
The 16-year-old boy has been charged with three counts of failing to stop for police, three counts of dangerous driving, driving a motor vehicle without consent, driving under the influence of drugs and driving unlicensed.
The 14-year-old was found to have breached a good behaviour order, and he has also been charged with riding in a motor vehicle without consent.
Both boys will face the ACT Children’s Court this morning (5 April 2025).