NORTH-WEST: Flee attempt foiled
Two people who tried to run from a dumped stolen car have been arrested after police foiled their attempt to getaway in a rideshare vehicle.
Broadmeadows Police members were patrolling on Wednesday morning (June 3) when they spotted a car on the wrong side of Johnstone St travelling contra-flow to the traffic in Gladstone Park about 1.10am.
Officers activated their lights and sirens to intercept the small SUV which failed to stop and sped from the scene.
A pursuit was initiated, and the Air Wing was called in to assist units on the ground.
The vehicle was followed through Attwood, Mickleham, Somerton and Greenvale before police lost sight of the car in Westmeadows.
Police on the ground put a cordon in place before the Air Wing located the dumped vehicle in Chadwick Lane, Westmeadows.
The Broadmeadows members were still on the hunt when they intercepted a rideshare vehicle on Alanbrae Terrace in Attwood with a man and woman on board.
It was established by police the passengers were picked up by the rideshare driver in the vicinity of where a Dog Squad member and his canine partner had indicated their track went cold.
Police arrested the 33-year-old man and 25-year-old woman and seized quantities of suspected GHB and methyl-amphetamine.
Enquiries have also revealed the vehicle does not match the Queensland registration plate.
The Flemington man and Fawkner woman were to be interviewed by police.