NORTH, EAST: Car chase across suburbs

Key points

• Police arrested two people after a chase involving a stolen Hyundai across Melbourne's north and east suburbs on Thursday, October 8. Unmarked police vehicles first spotted the allegedly stolen car in Maribyrnong at 2.45am.
• Officers followed it through Essendon and Coburg, where it was allegedly seen driving erratically and on the wrong side of the road. Stop sticks damaged a front tyre in Preston.
• The car was later dumped in Mitcham, where the driver and his passenger fled on foot to Antonio Park and were arrested without incident.