Police have caught a "busy" teen who they say has been stealing cars in the lower South Island.
Senior Sergeant Anthony Bond, of Dunedin, said police received reports via Facebook of an 18-year-old male doing donuts in a stolen vehicle in the city's Mornington Park yesterday.
Snr Sgt Bond said the young man had kept himself busy recently, having allegedly stolen a Subaru from Invercargill and driving it to Oamaru, only to allegedly steal another Subaru.
He failed to stop for police in Invercargill before driving the vehicle to Oamaru — where he again failed to stop for police.
He eventually made his way down to Dunedin and was doing donuts in the Oamaru-stolen vehicle in Mornington Park, Eglinton Rd.
Police located and arrested the driver at a George St hotel about 4pm yesterday.
He would appear in court in relation to two counts of unlawfully taking of a vehicle, two failing to stop charges, unlawful damage and driving while disqualified.
