Car chase out of town

I was stopped at a red light on Majura Rd turning right onto Fairbairn Ave when the said blue car whizzed past from behind, pursued by a car and 2 bikes. It then careered left onto Morshead Dr, _southbound_. It got all the way back up to Lake George via the Federal Highway?! That is a looooong car chase.

stinkerbell said :

The man allegedly has a cancelled learner’s permit in Victoria and the vehicle was bearing false NSW registration plates.

What some people will do for Summernats.

dvaey said :

stinkerbell said :

Police followed the vehicle into the ACT, where Australian Federal Police assisted NSW Police.

Shouldnt that be ‘ACT Policing’ rather than ‘Australian Federal Police’? If even the NSW police media mob dont know the difference, its no wonder most Canberrans dont.

Nah it’s AFP in Canberra

dvaey said :

stinkerbell said :

Police followed the vehicle into the ACT, where Australian Federal Police assisted NSW Police.

Shouldnt that be ‘ACT Policing’ rather than ‘Australian Federal Police’? If even the NSW police media mob dont know the difference, its no wonder most Canberrans dont.

“ACT Policing is a business unit of the AFP and was created for the purpose of providing policing services to the ACT under the auspices of a Policing Arrangement between the Commonwealth and ACT Governments”.

It’s still the AFP.

Nineteen years old, speeding, fail to stop, cancelled learners permit and fake plates. There’s a bright future ahead of this lad.

I would hope that the penalty for this sort of crap would be severe, but I have my doubts. 🙁

stinkerbell said :

Police followed the vehicle into the ACT, where Australian Federal Police assisted NSW Police.

Shouldnt that be ‘ACT Policing’ rather than ‘Australian Federal Police’? If even the NSW police media mob dont know the difference, its no wonder most Canberrans dont.

From the NSW Police FB page.

Man arrested after failing to stop for police near Lake George
by NSW Police Force on Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 3:31pm
A man is being questioned after allegedly failing to stop when directed to on the Federal Highway near the NSW/ACT border.

About 10.26am today (Saturday 7 January 2012), Monaro Highway Patrol allegedly detected a blue Holden Commodore sedan travelling at 130km/h in a 110km/h zone on the Federal Highway at Bywong.

Police activated lights and sirens and attempted to stop the vehicle, however the driver allegedly failed to comply.

Police followed the vehicle into the ACT, where Australian Federal Police assisted NSW Police.

Officers used road spikes in an attempt to stop the vehicle in the ACT, however the Commodore travelled back into NSW via the Federal Highway.

NSW police deployed road spikes and stopped the car near Lake George.

A 19-year-old man was arrested and taken to Queanbeyan Police Station where he is currently assisting police with their inquiries.

The man allegedly has a cancelled learner’s permit in Victoria and the vehicle was bearing false NSW registration plates.

Investigations are continuing.

“One blue car flat out followed by 2 cop bikes, 3 D cars, 4 marked cars, road stingers on the roads, plus cop 4WDs on the roadside…

…And a partridge in a pear tree” 🙂

I can’t wait to hear the story behind this. That’s some serious police effort.

It was also reported by a Gungahlin resident on Horse Park Drive.

Busted!

Any other details?

I saw the car chase too. The car did a U turn just after the petrol station on the Federal Highway, there were at least 3 cop cars on Majura road with road spikes waiting incase the blue car went that way.