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Teens arrested after evading police

Police have arrested two teenagers after an allegedly stolen car evaded police twice in Melbourne’s western suburbs yesterday afternoon.

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Victoria Police Air Wing at Essendon Fields Airport on standby. PHOTO: Victoria Police/Police Life/Supplied

Police have arrested two teenagers after an allegedly stolen car evaded police twice in Melbourne’s western suburbs yesterday afternoon.

Officers spotted a gold Holden Commodore allegedly driving erratically on O’Keefe Crescent at about 1pm.

Police attempted to intercept the vehicle on Young Street before it sped off.

The Commodore, which was allegedly stolen from Ringwood on Monday, February 17 was later seen by police travelling on Maidstone Street in Altona.

Air Wing and police on the ground followed the Commodore along the Western Highway through Melton where it allegedly drove towards oncoming traffic.

Stop sticks were successfully deployed near Coburns Road, Hopetoun Park before the car came to a stop on Hopetoun Park Road at about 3:30pm.

The occupants, two 16-year-old boys from the Bacchus Marsh area, were arrested at the scene and taken into custody.

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