Brisbane police arrest wanted man after Moorooka shopping centre chase
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Brisbane, AU - Police have released footage of an officer driving at high speed around parked cars in a Brisbane shopping centre carpark to catch a wanted man on the run.
The pursuit began about 7.25pm on Friday after officers saw a man and a woman leaving Spencer St, Redbank, in a Mercedes.
The car was tracked towards Brisbane, where the 30-year-old driver was allegedly seen travelling at high speed and in a dangerous manner.
Officers later deployed a tyre deflation device at Moorooka, flattening a front tyre, but the Mercedes kept going on its rims.
Not long after, the driver abandoned the car and ran into the Moorooka Square shopping centre precinct on foot.
Dramatic dashcam footage shows a police vehicle cutting through parking bays and moving around parked cars at speed as officers closed in on him.
He was arrested a short time later.
The man has been charged with nine offences, including two counts of unlawful use of a motor vehicle, and one count each of dangerous operation of a vehicle and driving a motor vehicle without a driver’s licence.
He appeared in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Monday.
As officers chased the man, police allege the 29-year-old woman drove the Mercedes from the scene. She was later taken into custody after police used a second tyre deflation device.
She has been charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and is due to appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court on August 31.