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Teenager arrested on roof after chase through Perth suburbs
You may remember the story we brought you yesterday about a wild police chase through Perth's north which had tip-off lines in newsrooms across the city buzzing.
WA Police said an allegedly stolen car led officers on a chase from Perth's south to the northern suburbs in the early hours of Wednesday, coming to an end on Whitehorses Drive in Burns Beach just after 8.30am.
The car's occupants – a 16-year-old and two other teenage boys – scattered.
It wasn't long before police arrested the 16-year-old, but they continued to scour the suburb for the other teens.
Resident Jenna Mitchell told 9News Perth she let police into her back garden to search for the missing boys.
'It's really scary, because it's school drop-off time,' Mitchell said.
A 14-year-old was arrested more than an hour and a half after the car screeched to a halt in Burns Beach, after he played a game of cat-and-mouse with officers, darting across a house roof before finally being caught when police brought in the canine unit.
Police were still searching for the third occupant of the car last night. We'll bring you more on the story as it develops today.
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