Four teenage boys have been charged after police tracked down the group in a Land Rover Discovery that was allegedly stolen from a Noosa Heads property.
Detectives from Sunshine Coast Child Protection Unit charged four boys with unlawful use of motor vehicle on Sunday 16 February.
Police were alerted to a stolen Land Rover Discovery traveling north on the Bruce Highway in the Caboolture area around 4.30pm.
Sunshine Coast police tracked the vehicle on the Sunshine Motorway, supported by Polair.
Three boys exited the car in Noosaville and were arrested on Lionel Donovan Drive.
Police continued to track the car as it travelled south on the Bruce Highway until it was intercepted using a Tyre Deflation Device on the Bruce Highway southbound lanes in Forest Glen.
The car continued to travel south towards Chevallum when the alleged driver of the vehicle, a teenage boy, exited the car and attempted to run away but was immediately arrested by officers around 6pm.
The Land Rover Discovery was allegedly stolen from the driveway of a Noosa Heads property in the early hours of 16 February.
A 17-year-old Margate boy has been charged with two counts of stealing and one count each of entering a premises and committing an indictable offence, receiving tainted property, driving of motor vehicle without a driver licence, and unlawful use of motor vehicle.
He has been refused police bail and was due to appear in Maroochydore Magistrates Court on 17 February.
A 12-year-old boy, 16-year-old boy and 15-year-old boy have all been charged with one count of unlawful use of motor vehicle and have been dealt with under the provisions of the Youth Justice Act.
