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7 October, 2025
Two men charged with multiple offences after huge cross – country pursuit
Two men have been charged after passing through several local police area commands and were involved in two high-speed pursuits by Traffic and Highway Patrol Command stretching from Western Sydney through to the Southern Tablelands on Sunday night.
Two men have been charged after passing through several local police area commands and were involved in two high-speed pursuits by Traffic and Highway Patrol Command stretching from Western Sydney through to the Southern Tablelands on Sunday night.
The men were pursued by police all the way from Parramatta to Cootamundra, passing through Goulburn, Yass, and Bookham on the way.
At approximately 11pm on Sunday, officers from the Cumberland Local Area Command conducted an investigation into a carjacking by the two men of a Toyota Yaris from Albion St, Harris Park, which was being driven by a 47- year-old male ride-share driver, with one of the assailants armed with a knife.
The two men then drove from the scene in the vehicle.
Police then allege that at about 6am on Monday morning (6 October), the men drove to a service station along the Hume Highway in Goulburn, filled the vehicle with an amount of fuel and then left the location without paying.
Approximately an hour later, officers from the Traffic and Highway Patrol Command allegedly sighted the vehicle heading south bound on the Hume Highway at Bookham, around 39 kms southwest of Yass, and attempted to stop the vehicle.
When the vehicle failed to stop, a pursuit was initiated which was terminated a short time later for safety reasons.
It is alleged that the vehicle then conducted a u-turn on the Hume Highway at Coolac, a further 57kms southwest of Bookham, where a second pursuit was commenced.
The vehicle was pursued to Rodeo Drive in Cootamundra, where it allegedly drove through a gate before becoming wedged in a culvert where the driver – an 18-year-old man – and a 21-year-old male passenger, ran from the vehicle but were arrested by officers following a foot pursuit.
Both men were taken to Cootamundra Police Station.
Police further allege that the men alternated driving the vehicle whilst in their possession and neither hold a current driver’s licence.
The 18 - year-old man was charged with multiple offences, including:
Robbery armed with offensive weapon;
Take & drive conveyance without consent of owner;
Dishonestly obtain property by deception;
Learner not accompanied by driver/police officer/tester;
Exceed speed limit > 45 km/h (not heavy vehicle or coach)
Destroy or damage property <=$2000; and
Police pursuit - not stop - drive at speed (x 2)
The 21-year-old man was charged with:
Robbery armed with offensive weapon;
Take & drive conveyance w/o consent of owner;
Dishonestly obtain property by deception; and
Drive, licence suspended under Section 66 Fines Act.
They were refused bail to appear today (Tuesday 7 October) before Bail Division Court and have been remanded in custody to appear at Parramatta Local Court.
The older man will return to court on Thursday 4 December with the younger man due to appear on Monday 8 December.
There were no reports of any person being injured.
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