Teen charged after police car stolen from crime scene in NSW
A teenager has been charged with stealing a police car in Central West New South Wales.
At about 3.10pm last Friday, police were called to Cragie Lea Road in Narromine, where they found a car burning on the train line.
Firefighters extinguished the blaze and no injuries were reported.
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An 18-year-old man has been arrested in Nyngan. Getty Images/iStockphoto
While police were on the scene, a man allegedly stole a marked police car - a four-wheel drive Mitsubishi Pajero.
The car was found abandoned on Bloomfield Street, Trundle, last Saturday.
Police arrested an 18-year-old man at a house on Cathundril Street, Nyngan.
He was charged with multiple offences, including stealing the car, assaulting police, and breaching bail.
He was refused bail and will appear in court today.
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