Three teens charged after cross-border pursuit - Tweed Heads

Monday, 30 June 2025 12:50:16 PM

Three teenagers have been charged following a cross-border pursuit in the state’s north coast.

About 1.30pm yesterday (Sunday 29 June 2025), officers attached to Tweed/Byron Police District were notified by Queensland Police Service an orange ute allegedly stolen from a Queensland address was travelling south toward NSW on the M1 motorway.

Queensland PolAir monitored the vehicle before NSW police officers from Traffic and Highway Patrol successfully deployed road spikes, deflating the tyres of the ute.

Police commenced a pursuit, before the vehicle stopped at a service station nearby.

The occupants of the vehicle – two boys aged 14, and a 15-year-old girl – were arrested and taken to Tweed Heads Police Station.

Police located a phone in the vehicle which was seized for forensic examination.

The 14-year-old driver was charged with police pursuit – not stop – drive dangerously, drive conveyance taken without consent of owner, and receive property stolen outside of NSW greater than $15,000.

The other 14-year-old boy and the 15-year-old girl were both charged with be carried in conveyance taken without consent of owner, and receive property stolen outside of NSW greater than $15,000.

All three were refused bail to appear before a children’s court today (Monday 30 June 2025).

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