‘Stolen car’ ride sparks major WA outback rescue operation

Police have charged five teenagers after they allegedly stole a car from a depot in the State’s far north, only to run out of fuel in the middle of the bush and spark a rescue operation.

It will be alleged the group of boys, aged between 12 and 16, stole a Toyota Landcruiser from the carpark of a refuel depot in Wedgefield, near Port Hedland, between 5pm on February 14 and 4am the following day.