Mooroolbark teen one of four to be arrested after evading police in stolen car

The four are helping police with the enquiries. Picture: ON FILE

A Mooroolbark teen was just one of multiple to be arrested in the Kmart carpark in Boronia in the early hours of Thursday morning on 13 June.

Four male youths in their teens were spotted by police entering the carpark in a car stolen from Inverloch a few nights earlier.

PolAir and police officers attended the scene and the youths were arrested after a chase across multiple suburbs.

Police media said via a statement released to Eyewatch on Thursday 13 June the youth have been arrested after a stolen Audi evaded Police at Boronia at about 2.20am this morning.

“Police observed a 2021 Audi, stolen from an aggravated burglary at Inverloch on the 11 June enter the Kmart carpark at Boronia – upon Police attempting to intercept the vehicle the driver decamped at a fast rate of speed,” it read.

The car was monitored by PolAir and Police said that they successfully deployed a tyre deflation device on the vehicle.

Later, one male alighted from the vehicle in Rowville and was arrested.

The car was then was abandoned in Dandenong and another three males were promptly arrested leaving the vehicle.

A 15-year-old from Baxter, 15-year-old from Cowes, 16-year-old from Mooroolbark and a 17-year-old from Ferntree Gully are currently assisting police with their enquiries.