Wollongong CBD police pursuit leads to arrest following carjacking

Multiple police vehicles chased after a balaclava-wearing motorbike rider as he sped through the CBD on Wednesday, before he was arrested in Figtree around 2pm.

Police will alleged the 37-year-old man was involved in a carjacking on March 18 which saw a mother and daughter thrown out of their vehicle at a Wollongong service station.

A 24-year-old woman was refuelling her car at a service station on Corrimal Street when she was approached by two men.

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One of the men allegedly got in the driver's seat of the Mercedes station wagon, and demanded the woman's mother get out of the passenger seat.

A second man then got in the vehicle and, after a struggle between him and the younger woman, officers said she was threatened with a knife.

The pair then drove off in the car. No one was injured.

The vehicle was recovered three days later in Port Kembla.

The following day, March 22, a 39-year-old man was arrested at a hotel on King Street in relation to the carjacking. He was charged and remains before the court.

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The motorcycle rider involved in Wednesday's pursuit was arrested on Princes Highway at Figtree. He has been charged with:

He was refused bail and will appear in Wollongong Local Court on Thursday.

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