Detectives have arrested a man after a vehicle was allegedly stolen from a Doreen petrol station this morning.
Police were called to the Bridge Inn Road station about 4.20am following reports the black Volkswagen Golf had been taken.
The car was allegedly seen shortly after speeding along Wattletree Road and Fitzsimons Lane before police lost sight of it.
Police again spotted the vehicle allegedly driving on the wrong side of the road on Doncaster Road, Doncaster.
It was located a short time later at a hotel on Doncaster Road.
Police entered the premises and approached a man, who allegedly pretended to be armed with a weapon.
The 26-year-old, of no fixed place of address, was arrested by police without incident.
He has been charged with theft of motor vehicle, reckless conduct endangering serious injury and bail-related offences and will appear at Heidelberg Magistrates' Court today.
