CHADSTONE, VIC. — Operation Trinity officers have arrested a 31-year-old Seaford man following a pursuit throughout Melbourne’s south-east after police first sighted a Holden Commodore utility bearing false registration plates on Huntingdale Road, Chadstone, at about 12.50am.
Officers attempted to intercept the vehicle after it came to a stop on Robert Street.
The vehicle then sped off, with police on Robert Street using stop sticks to successfully deflate the vehicle’s tyres.
Police will allege the vehicle travelled through the suburbs of Glen Waverley, Mount Waverley, Monash, Mulgrave, Rowville and Wheelers Hill at speeds of up to 200km/h and at stages on the wrong side of the road.
After travelling an extensive distance on three rims, the vehicle came to a stop on Nullawil Street in Springvale, where the offender jumped fences and was arrested by responding officers at a property on Charleston Street.
The 31-year-old Seaford man remains in custody and will be interviewed today.
A backpack containing housebreaking implements and an on-board diagnostics device was located nearby and seized.
The Holden Commodore was stolen in Prahran on Monday, October 5.
Operation Trinity is solely dedicated to preventing and responding to burglaries and car thefts – running from dusk to dawn across Melbourne each night.
