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Two arrested for stolen vehicles

19/01/2026

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A 17-year-old girl from the Melton area is among two teens arrested after police tracked an allegedly stolen Volkswagen Tiguan through the Creswick area on Saturday 17 January.

Police responded to reports of the Volkswagen towing a Holden Commodore through the Creswick State Forest about 8.30am.

Police attended the area and located the Holden unattended on Blake Snake Track, before sighting the Volkswagen travelling on the Midland Highway shortly after.

Police were led to Carngham Road in Ballarat, where an Air Wing unit subsequently began to track the vehicle.

The Volkswagen was tracked to a property on Queen Street in Sebastopol where officers converged on the area and arrested two teenagers.

A search of the vehicle also allegedly revealed multiple machetes.

A 14-year-old boy from the Ballarat area was also arrested.

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