Air Wing assists in tracking stolen car, five teens arrested in Point Cook.
Police arrested five teenagers in Point Cook early on Thursday, 9 January, after they were observed exiting an allegedly stolen silver sedan.
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Victoria Police’s Air Wing tracked the vehicle to the 7-Eleven on Tom Roberts Parade and Boardwalk Boulevard, where two males and three females were seen leaving the car. Officers apprehended two teenagers on Olley Lane at around 12:45 am, with the remaining three arrested on Pankhurst Promenade.
Video footage shows two of the girls swearing, laughing, and being asked to “shut up” by an officer during the arrest.
The group included a 17-year-old girl from Cranbourne East, a 16-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl from Point Cook, a 15-year-old girl from Clyde North, and an 18-year-old male from Point Cook. All five were released pending summons for theft of a motor vehicle.
The car, believed to have been stolen from a Kialla property on 4 January, was recovered by police.
