About 11.20pm, ground units observed a white Mazda 2C hatchback travelling on Newman Street in Spalding. Officer activated emergency lights and sirens to stop the vehicle; however, it will be alleged the driver failed to stop and accelerated away.
Police Air Wing tracked the vehicle as the driver allegedly travelled at excessive speeds, on the incorrect side of the road, through red traffic control lights, and without headlights through suburbs surrounding Geraldton.
A short time later, the man allegedly abandoned the vehicle outside a residence on Gertrude Street and fled on foot. Police Air Wing directed officers on the ground to the man's location, where he was apprehended.
Police conducted a search of the man and the vehicle and allegedly located a quantity of Methylamphetamine and more than $5,000 in cash.
A 36-year-old man from Sunset Beach has been charged with the following offences:
• 1 x Reckless driving to escape pursuit by police
• 1 x Driver of a vehicle failed to comply with a direction to stop
• 1 x No authority to drive - suspended
• 1 x Possession of a Prohibited Drug With Intent to Sell or Supply (Methylamphetamine)
• 1 x Possession of stolen or unlawfully obtained property
• 1 x Breach of Bail
He is due to appear before Geraldton Magistrates Court on Thursday, 18 December 2025.
