Charges Laid Following Stolen Car Chase on Northern Beaches

Six girls have been charged following a pursuit with police in a stolen vehicle on the Northern Beaches overnight.

About 4:40am today (Friday 10 May 2024), officers attached to Northern Beaches Police Area Command were called to a home on Lalchere Street, Curl Curl, following reports of a break in.

Police were told a Porsche SUV had allegedly been stolen from the home.

A short time later, officers patrolling Balgowlah located the Porsche on Burnt Bridge Deviation at Manly Vale, and attempted to stop the vehicle.

When the Porsche failed to stop a pursuit was initiated with the SUV before the vehicle collided with a concrete barrier on Spit Road, Mosman.

The occupants were not injured and the driver, a 16-year-old boy, and six female passengers, aged between 12 and 16, were arrested.

They were taken to Manly and Chatswood Police Stations where they remain in custody.

The girls, aged 12, 15, 16 and three aged 14, were charged with be carried in conveyance without consent of owner and granted conditional bail to appear at children's court on Wednesday 5 June 2024.

The teenage boy remains in custody as inquiries into the incident continue.

Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au. Information is treated in strict confidence. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.

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