Three teenagers from the South East have been arrested by police after they dumped a stolen car in Cranbourne on Sunday night, 28 August.
Police were notified that an allegedly stolen car, which was reportedly travelling approximately 150km/h in an 80km/h zone, had been seen driving at high speeds on the Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road shortly after 11.30pm.
Responding detectives caught sight of the white Audi hatch in the vicinity of Patterson Road before the Airwing was called in to assist.
Officers from the highway patrol successfully deployed stop sticks which blew out a number of the car’s tyres, police say.
After police lost sight of the vehicle, they followed rim marks left in the road to the intersection of Kingdom Drive and Aztec Place in Cranbourne and found the dumped car.
A number of teenagers ran from the car before local police and the Dog Squad moved in on the scene.
Police dog PD Toruk and his handler searched the area and found two alleged offenders hiding under a car in driveway.
A third teen was arrested at a home nearby.
The trio aged 15-years-old; from Narre Warren, Clyde North and Cranbourne are all assisting police with their enquiries.
Police investigations are ongoing to whether there were more people in the car at the time.
Anyone with information urged to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or log onto crimestoppersvic.au
