A guilty conscience has got the better of the occupants of a car which pulled up for petrol at Raymond Terrace, prompting a police pursuit.
Detectives pulled in to a Richardson Road service station just before 11.30pm on Tuesday to fill up their police vehicle, but when the occupants of a Mazda 2 in the next service bay noticed their holsters, they jumped in their car and took off without paying for their fuel.
The detectives gave chase in their car for a couple of minutes, but the guilty parties managed to give them the slip.
Police have the rego number of the car.
