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POLICE pursued a stolen BMW at high speed for 600km across South Australia's Nullarbor Plain yesterday before the fugitives' car ran out of fuel.
A man and a woman are now facing charges over one of Australia's longest police chases.
Police said they were first alerted to the stolen car when the driver failed to pay for petrol at Wirrulla, about 100km east of Ceduna on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula.
The car was spotted as it neared Ceduna, with police following from a safe distance as it headed west on the Eyre Highway at speeds of up to 180km/h.
A check on the licence plate also revealed the BMW had been stolen from North Haven in Adelaide on November 7.
As the pursuit continued, officers radioed ahead to a roadhouse at Yalata, allowing the operator to lock up and deny the driver and his passenger access to vital fuel.
The car eventually ran out of petrol about 170km west of Eucla, in Western Australia, police said.
The man and woman were taken into custody and returned to Ceduna where they were expected to face court today.
Police in Adelaide said they were still waiting to hear what charges the pair would face.
Chief inspector Malcolm Schluter said police did not try to keep pace with the car.
"Police were using CB radios to alert oncoming trucks, apart from that there was very little traffic," he told ABC radio.
Phil Mortenson from the Yalata Roadhouse was among those warned that the pair was coming, shutting down his petrol pumps and locking up the building to protect customers.
"(The suspect) stood there looking around very agitated, jumped into the car and took off after about two minutes," he said.
When the pair ran out of petrol the man tried to flee, but was restrained with capsicum spray, police said.
POLICE pursued a stolen BMW at high speed for 600km across South Australia's Nullarbor Plain yesterday before the fugitives' car ran out of fuel.
A man and a woman are now facing charges over one of Australia's longest police chases.
Police said they were first alerted to the stolen car when the driver failed to pay for petrol at Wirrulla, about 100km east of Ceduna on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula.
The car was spotted as it neared Ceduna, with police following from a safe distance as it headed west on the Eyre Highway at speeds of up to 180km/h.
A check on the licence plate also revealed the BMW had been stolen from North Haven in Adelaide on November 7.
As the pursuit continued, officers radioed ahead to a roadhouse at Yalata, allowing the operator to lock up and deny the driver and his passenger access to vital fuel.
The car eventually ran out of petrol about 170km west of Eucla, in Western Australia, police said.
The man and woman were taken into custody and returned to Ceduna where they were expected to face court today.
Police in Adelaide said they were still waiting to hear what charges the pair would face.
Chief inspector Malcolm Schluter said police did not try to keep pace with the car.
"Police were using CB radios to alert oncoming trucks, apart from that there was very little traffic," he told ABC radio.
Phil Mortenson from the Yalata Roadhouse was among those warned that the pair was coming, shutting down his petrol pumps and locking up the building to protect customers.
"(The suspect) stood there looking around very agitated, jumped into the car and took off after about two minutes," he said.
When the pair ran out of petrol the man tried to flee, but was restrained with capsicum spray, police said.
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