Arrest in alleged cop car joy ride

Police pursuit in Lancelin. The alleged offender was arrested and placed in the back of a police vehicle. The man allegedly stole a police car and led officers on a chase through the town for several hours. Source: Supplied

A WANTED man led police on a crazy six-and-a-half hour chase after evading officers and allegedly stealing a police car in Lancelin today.

The main road into the sleepy seaside town was locked down as extra police, including a plane and helicopter, tracked the stolen vehicle.

The bizarre sequence of events started when officers tried to arrest the man in the morning.

Police alleged the offender, who was known to them and wanted on outstanding warrants, was driving a different vehicle which sped past a patrol car 15kms outside of Lancelin. The officers followed the vehicle until it became bogged near bushland.

Police claim the man fled on foot and managed to evade officers by hiding in terrain. He was then spotted and confronted by one officer who tried to arrest him. Other police swooped, but attempts to catch the man failed.

It is alleged he then jumped into a police vehicle and sped off into nearby bushland prompting a massive land and air search.

Police Airwing kept watch from above while two police cars pursued him on the ground. Road spikes were also used in a bid to halt the vehicle.

Witnesses claim they saw offender driving the stolen police car up and down Gin Gin Road, around the local shopping centre, as well as local streets.

Resident Lloyd Jones told The Sunday Times he and his wife watched the drama unfold from their front lawn.

At one stage it appeared the offender almost taunted police by slowing down then speeding up as they closed in on him around the Lancelin shopping centre, he said.

"This pursuit continued around us for about 40 minutes," Mr Jones said. "The car made numerous runs up and down the main street going in both directions. He went up and down Gin Gin Road, around the shopping centre at great speed while he was being chased by two pursuit cars.

"At one stage when he came out of Bandy Avenue he had to break because he nearly T-boned a four-wheel drive. At another stage one of the lead police pursuit cars started to try and pass or get alongside him. But the stolen car veered sharply right and the pursuing police car dropped back to avoid a collision.

"It also appeared at some stages the alleged offender slowed his car down, seemingly taunting or daring the two pursuing cars to pass him."

A WA Police spokeswoman said police managed to trap the man in a residential street. Following a brief negotiations they arrested him just after 3pm.

Police were unable to comment on whether an internal investigation into the incident had been launched.

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