Two women from Newcastle are accused of leading police on a lengthy pursuit from Tea Gardens to the Mid North Coast.
Police say the 27-year-old from Windale and the 24-year-old from Bar Beach posed as interested buyers in order to steal cars advertised for sale online.
It's alleged the pair ditched a damaged Mazda 6 - allegedly stolen from an address at Bolworra Heights - at West Tea Gardens on Thursday, November 15 before stealing a Toyota Hilux and driving on the wrong side of the Pacific Highway.
The pursuit ended when the car was forced to stop in heavy traffic on the Forster-Tuncurry Bridge.
Police arrested the two women and took them to Maitland Police Station where they were charged with multiple offences including steal motor vehicle, police pursuit – not stop – drive manner dangerous, dishonestly obtain financial advantage by deception, aggravated break and enter, drive motor vehicle during disqualification period, having goods in custody suspected of being stolen, and shoplifting.
They were refused bail and will appear in Forster Local Court today.
