Police arrest man in Wanniassa arrest

In an incredible coincidence, an innocent couple were caught up in the events.

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00:00About 12 o'clock midday today, police have engaged with a white Falcon Ute that was driving

00:09dangerously down in Gordon.

00:12Police have tried to stop stick that vehicle a number of times and been successful.

00:16That vehicle's continued up into Waniyassa where it has crashed against a tree.

00:22One miles got out of that vehicle and ran from police.

00:25A short time later, due to the assistance from the community, police have located that

00:29male and arrested him just behind me here.

00:33Additionally, in proximity to that vehicle, we've found a backpack that is suspected to

00:39belong to that person of interest.

00:40And that person of interest, the bag contains two firearms.

00:47It's suspected that the car was containing some drugs and other paraphernalia and had

00:50a strong odour of drugs.

00:53They will be yet to be analysed, so we can't comment on the nature of those drugs.

00:57The vehicle was moving in and out of traffic and causing a danger to the public.

01:01All I can say is it was down in Gordon and it was moving northwards.

01:05Police arrested the offender at 12.30 today.

01:08So in that period, police lost contact with it a couple of times and re-engaged with it

01:13as well.

01:14There were two people.

01:15One's assisting us with our enquiries, the other one has been arrested.

01:18Very concerning to police.

01:20It's also no doubt concerning to the community, but just be rest assured that ACCT Policing

01:25is working very hard to take this type of equipment off the roads and out of the public's

01:30hands.

01:31It could have been quite disastrous, to be honest with you.

01:34It's not only placing my officers at risk, it's placing members of the community at risk.

01:39That's when we get very upset with the manner of driving, and that's why we continue to

01:43pursue these people.

01:46The only coincidence is, I was about over a K away when I found the bag with the weapons

01:58in it, and I knew it was no good on the way to the cop shop to drop it off, and Tara brings

02:06me in and says there's police here so I don't need to go to the cop shop, I can just come

02:10home and pass it on.

02:16I'm going to the cop shop, I'm going to the cop shop, I'm going to the cop shop, I'm going

02:20to the cop shop, I'm going to the cop shop, I'm going to the cop shop, I'm going to the

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02:32to the cop shop, I'm going to the cop shop, I'm going to the cop shop, I'm going to the

02:34cop shop, I'm going to the cop shop, I'm going to the cop shop, I'm going to the cop shop,

02:36I'm going to the cop shop, I'm going to the cop shop, I'm going to the cop shop, I'm going