Pair Arrested in Stolen Car in Mid North

Burra Police have arrested a man following a traffic stop last week.

Just after 10pm on Friday 8 December, police stopped a silver Ford on the Barrier Highway at Mount Bryan which checks revealed had been stolen on 24 November from an address in Ingle Farm.

The driver, a 42-year-old from Broken Hill was arrested and charged with illegal use and making off without payment relating to the alleged theft of petrol from a service station at Willaston on 25 November.

He also had an outstanding warrant and will appear in the Port Pirie Magistrates today.

His passenger, a 44-year-old man from Renmark was also arrested in relation to an outstanding warrant.

He has been bailed to appear in the Berri Magistrates Court on 15 January.