Police Make Arrest – Property Offences In Alice Springs 23 April
The Northern Territory Police Force has recovered three stolen motor vehicles and arrested an 18-year-old male in relation to property offences in Alice Springs last Thursday.
About 6am, police were notified that an unknown number of offenders allegedly unlawfully entered a Government facility in Ciccone and stole three vehicles from the premises.
Strike Force Viper members took carriage of the investigation and identified that one of the vehicles, a white Toyota Hilux, was allegedly used in a ram raid at a grocery store.
Later that day at 3:30pm, the vehicle was recovered abandoned in scrubland behind Hidden Valley Camp and about 10:40pm at night, police apprehended an 18-year-old male in relation to the two incidents. He has since been charged with Burglary, Damage to property, Ram raid and Theft and was remanded to appear in Alice Springs Local Court tomorrow.
A short time later, about 11:25pm, police received reports of one of the stolen vehicles allegedly driving erratically in Alice Springs CBD. A short time later, the vehicle was located bogged in the Charles Creek riverbed and police coordinated a response with members from Territory Safety Division and Strike Force Viper with the use of a drone and located and apprehended 3 male youths, two aged 13-years-old and a 17-year-old nearby. They were conveyed into the care of a responsible adult.
The final vehicle, a white Toyota Troop Carrier, was recovered abandoned on Undoolya Road.
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