11-year-old and teens arrested after joyride on wrong side of Dunedin motorway

An 11-year-old is among those arrested, the oldest being 16, after a group allegedly took a stolen car for a joyride down the wrong side of a Dunedin motorway.

Senior Sergeant Anthony Bond said the group stole two vehicles last night and fueled them up before driving off without paying in two separate incidents.

Bond said the two drive-offs happened at the same petrol station in Andersons Bay at around 7.10pm and 9.40pm last night.

One of the cars was seen later on in the evening by police before it was seen again driving the wrong way on the Southern Motorway.

The four occupants of the car, the 15-year-old driver, an 11-year-old male, and two 16-year-old females, were arrested after the vehicle was stopped at around 12.15am.

The group have been referred to Youth Aid.

Bond said the police investigation is ongoing.