Northern Territory Police have issued a 50-year-old man with a notice to appear in court for traffic offences.
Officers from the Dog Operations Unit sighted a vehicle travelling with no registration plates in Arnhem Land at around 9:20am on Wednesday 29 April. Police attempted to apprehend the vehicle when it failed to stop at a stop sign.
Police allege the vehicle accelerated to 110km/h in a 90km/h zone and attempted to avoid apprehension by turning into bushland. The occupants then abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot.
The 50-year-old man was located in bushland approximately ninety minutes later.
He was issued a notice to appear in court for:
- drive vehicle manner dangerous - pursuit
- drive vehicle while unlicensed
- drive vehicle unsafe
- causing damage to road surface
- drive vehicle causing loss of traction
- cross double lines where not permitted
- fail to obey direction of police officer
- not stop at stop sign.
Police seized the man’s vehicle for 48 hours under the provisions of anti-hooning legislation.
