Police have charged a man with numerous offences after he allegedly drove a stolen car on the wrong side of the Cunningham Highway before being tracked by Polair from Redbank Plains to Murrumba Downs on Saturday night, Queensland Police say.
It will be alleged around 10.20pm police observed a black Ford Falcon utility driving the wrong way on the Cunningham Highway at Ripley.
Polair commenced a track of the same vehicle from Henty Drive at Redbank Plains onto Redbank Plains Road where police successfully deployed a tyre deflation device near the intersection with Newhill Drive.
Police then attempted to intercept the vehicle however it is alleged it failed to stop at which time a pursuit was commenced.
The vehicle is alleged to have continued to travel onto the Cunningham Highway before entering the Ipswich Motorway at Dinmore.
It will be further alleged the driver again failed to stop and continued to travel at high speed towards Brisbane on the Ipswich Motorway.
Polair continued to track the vehicle as it travelled onto the Logan Motorway, the Gateway Motorway and Bruce Highway.
Shortly after midnight the vehicle came to a stop on the Bruce Highway just north of Anzac Avenue and the driver ran from the vehicle.
The man was located by police nearby and taken into custody.
The black Ford Falcon utility is alleged to have been stolen on October 31 from a house at Durack and has been involved in a number of alleged fuel drive-off incidents since its theft.
A 24-year-old Booval man has been charged 14 offences including five counts of stealing, three counts of failing to stop a motor vehicle and one count each of dangerous operation of a vehicle, unlawful use of a motor vehicle, driving a vehicle without a licence, offences involving registration certificates, possessing dangerous drugs and failing to dispose of a syringe.
He is expected to appear in the Pine Rivers Magistrates Court today.
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