A man has been arrested after a pursuit through the metropolitan area.
It will be alleged that about 7.43am today (Wednesday 13 August), a man presented at the Elizabeth Police Station behaving erratically and claiming he wanted to speak to police. Officers spoke to the man for a period of time while he remained in a red Suzuki sedan and sped off just after 9am.
Officers suspected the vehicle may have been stolen and checks on the man's licence showed that he was disqualified.
Road spikes were deployed successfully outside the station, but the Suzuki continued heading south on Main North Road.
The vehicle ran a red light at the Yorktown Road intersection and continued driving south.
Extra patrols and STAR Group officers were called to the area with PolAir safely monitoring the vehicle from above.
The Suzuki continued driving towards the Adelaide CBD and then through the metropolitan area, via the northeastern suburbs before travelling towards the western suburbs.
About 10.40am, the Suzuki was seen on the wrong side of Henley Beach Road heading west where the driver almost collided with a pedestrian.
Ten minutes later, the suspect abandoned the red Suzuki and robbed a woman of her grey Suzuki sedan before driving away on Tapleys Hill Road.
The victim was not seriously injured.
PolAir crews continued to relay information to patrols on the ground, with STAR Group officers intercepting the suspect on Tapleys Hill Road at Fulham Gardens, placing him under arrest about two minutes after the robbery.
The 40-year-old man of no fixed address will face numerous charges including illegal use of a motor vehicle, robbery, acts to endanger life and dangerous driving to evade a police pursuit.
