EAST: 200-kmh on Freeway
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Operation Holidays, resulted in the arrest of eight teenagers following a series of incidents which occurred between December 30 and January 6.
This includes an alleged aggravated burglary in Kew where two luxury vehicles were stolen and then subsequently used in a robbery in Yarraville.
Four of the teens were arrested after they attempted to evade police in one of the stolen cars on the Monash Freeway.
The Air Wing followed the vehicle travelling erratically and at times, up to 200km per hour along the freeway before the occupants were arrested.
The eight teens, aged between 14 and 18-years-old, have been charged with a range of offences including aggravated burglary, theft of motor vehicle, reckless conduct endangering serious injury and driving offences.