Two teenagers have been charged after allegedly stealing two cars from the Hunter region this week.
Between 7pm on Wednesday and 7am on Thursday, two vehicles – a grey Holden Captiva and a black Ford Ranger – were stolen from a home on Carl Lane at Muswellbrook.
Shortly before 6.30 this morning, highway patrol officers from the Oxley Police District were patrolling Coledale, near Tamworth, when they spotted a grey Holden Captiva being driven at speed.
A pursuit was initiated, with the car allegedly reaching speeds of 100 km/hr in a sign-posted 50km/hr zone.
The pursuit was terminated shortly after, before Police located a burnt-out black Ford Ranger near Warral Road in West Tamworth.
Shortly after 8am, Police saw three males allegedly stealing a scooter from a carpark on Griffith Street.
Officers approached the group and spoke with the boys – all aged 14. They were all arrested and taken to Tamworth Police Station.
Two of the teenagers were charged with aggravated break and enter, committing a serious indictable offence, stealing a motor vehicle and larceny.
One of them was refused bail and will front a children’s court today, while the other was granted conditional bail to appear at a children’s court on February 8.
The third teenage boy was dealt with under the Young Offenders Act.
Investigations are ongoing.