Six people have been charged following a pursuit in the Northern Rivers yesterday afternoon.
About 5.35pm (Monday 20 January 2025), Far North Sector Highway Patrol allegedly detected a Toyota Corolla travelling at 167km/h on the M1 Pacific Motorway near Pottsville.
Subsequent inquiries revealed the vehicle had been stolen from Queensland address on Sunday 12 January 2025.
When the vehicle allegedly failed to stop as directed, a pursuit was initiated continuing to the Clothiers Creek Road interchange where road spikes were deployed.
The vehicle stopped a short time later and the six occupants ran from the vehicle into nearby cane fields.
An 18-year-old man and the five passengers – boys aged 14, 15, 16 and 17 – and a 15-year-old girl, were arrested nearby and taken to Tweed Heads Police Station.
The man was charged with two counts of drive conveyance taken without consent of owner, two counts of never licensed person drive vehicle on road - prior offence, receive etc property stolen outside NSW, class C motor vehicle exceed speed greater than 45km/h, and police pursuit - not stop - drive dangerously.
He was refused bail to appear before Tweed Heads Local Court today (Tuesday 21 January 2025).
The five teens were each charged with be carried in conveyance taken without consent of owner.
They were granted strict conditional bail to appear before a Children's Court on Wednesday 19 March 2025.
