A man and a woman have been charged with a number of offences following a pursuit in New England and Manning Great Lakes LACs.
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The incident, which began in Armidale last Friday afternoon, November 10, ended after police deployed road spikes in Gloucester.
At about 3pm officers attached to the Western Region Highway Patrol attempted to stop a Volkswagen Golf on the New England Highway, Armidale.
When the Volkswagen Golf did not stop, a pursuit began.
The car travelled through a number of streets and when the pursuit reached Uralla police called off the chase due to safety concerns.
A short time later the car was sighted on Thunderbolts Way in Gloucester.
A second pursuit began on Craven Creek Road, but again the chase was stopped due to safety concerns.
The car allegedly failed to stop for a third time on Bowman River Road in Gloucester.
During the pursuit officers from the Traffic and Highway Patrol Command successfully deployed road spikes, before the car was stopped on Bowman River Road.
The driver, a 21-year-old woman, and passenger a 25-year-old man, were both arrested and taken to Taree Police Station.
No one was injured during the incident.
The woman was charged with police pursuit not stop (Skye’s law), plates calculated to deceive, drive in a manner dangerous, exceed speed over 45 kilometres per hour, unregistered motor vehicle, and not stop vehicle when directed to do so.
The man was charged with dishonestly obtain property by deception, use unregistered motor vehicle and drive motor vehicle during disqualification period.
Both were refused bail and appeared in Taree Bail Court on Saturday November 11.
