Father hailed a hero for performing citizen's arrest

An Adelaide father has been hailed a hero after performing a citizen's arrest on an alleged car thief and leading police to the capture of a second alleged offender. 

The incident unfolded about 9.30pm yesterday when residents on Prominent Rise in Hillbank heard screeching tyres and a loud bang, followed by two people fleeing towards a river.

"I started yelling at them and there were a few expletives in there but once they'd seen me, they kind of didn't know what to do," local father and tradie Scott Bradshaw said.

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"One of them ran and she came, compliantly."

He added: "I dragged them up the creek, but kept my distance because I didn't know what they had in their pockets and then just said if you move well, I won't let you move."

Bradshaw then performed a citizen's arrest on the woman, holding her until authorities arrived.

"That's really brave," said Joyce Teague, a Hillbank resident. 

"I don't think I could do something like that."

Police arrested a 32-year-old woman from the Mid North and charged her with illegal use of a motor vehicle and driving while disqualified. 

CCTV footage captured a second person fleeing through a paddock for more than a kilometre, eventually reaching Salisbury Park. 

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Police then arrested a 40-year-old man and charged him with illegal use of a motor vehicle.

The Hyundai the pair was travelling in was allegedly stolen from Salisbury Plain two weeks earlier.

This article was produced with the assistance of 9ExPress.