Arrest, Elanora

Police have taken two people into custody after monitoring their vehicle from the air along the Pacific Motorway into New South Wales.

Initial information suggests the vehicle was identified by POLAIR 1 as bearing false Queensland registration plates and speeding on the Pacific Motorway at Coomera. Around 8.30pm, police attempted to unsuccessfully intercept the vehicle at Meadowbrook.

POLAIR 2 commenced monitoring the vehicle on the motorway before it crossed the border into New South Wales. The vehicle returned across the Queensland border where police successfully deployed a tyre deflation device at the Stewards Road on-ramp of the motorway. The vehicle stopped a short distance away on the motorway at Elanora where both occupants fled the vehicle.

Both were apprehended a short time later.

Prior to apprehension a female occupant allegedly assaulted the female driver of another car as she attempted to steal the vehicle in the drive-through of a take-away food store at Elanora. The female driver refused to exit the vehicle and the female offender fled before being arrested by police.

Anyone with information which could assist with this matter should contact Crime Stoppers anonymously via 1800 333 000 or crimestoppers.com.au 24hrs a day.

For all non-urgent police reporting or general police inquiries contact Policelink on 131 444 or www.Policelink.qld.gov.au 24hrs a day.

Crime Stoppers is a registered charity and community volunteer organisation working in partnership with the Queensland Police Service.