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18yo driver of alleged stolen ute faces multiple charges

A Cranbourne South teen in an alleged stolen ute has been charged after an extended follow by police through the South East early on Wednesday 31 July.

The 18-year-old was driving a Toyota Hilux allegedly stolen from Botanic Ridge in Cranbourne South that night.

With assistance from the Air Wing, police say they followed the vehicle from Dandenong through multiple suburbs to Brighton.

It is alleged the driver dumped the Hilux before he was arrested on Seymour Grove.

The man was charged with car theft, reckless conduct endangering life, reckless conduct endangering serious injury, dangerous driving whilst being pursued by police, dealing in proceeds of crime, going equipped to steal and other traffic-related offences.

He was bailed to appear before Dandenong Magistrates’ Court on 2 December.

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