Teen arrested after Porsche crashes into Sydney golf course following police pursuit

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A 17-year-old in a black Porsche allegedly with cloned number plates and containing a gun crashed into a golf course after a police pursuit in western Sydney on Monday night, sparking a dramatic foot chase that ended with the boy’s arrest in nearby bushland.

Police say they observed the Porsche SUV driving suspiciously on Mona Street, South Granville shortly after 9.45pm on Monday, sparking a pursuit after the driver refused officers’ request to stop.

The Porsche crashed near the putting green of a hole at the Woodville Golf Course.

The pursuit continued to Rawson Road, Guildford, where the vehicle crashed through a fence onto the Woodville Golf Course. The car stopped near the putting green of one of the holes, as multiple occupants of the vehicle fled.

A 17-year-old boy was arrested by tactical police officers in bushland near the golf course, following assistance from the police helicopter, dog squad, and traffic and highway patrol command.

He has been taken to Parramatta Police Station, where he remains in custody and is assisting police with their investigation. The other occupants of the car remain at large, and no other arrests have been made.

The Porsche and the firearm allegedly found inside the vehicle have been seized by police, and both will be forensically examined.

A police vehicle wedged into the fence at the golf course.

The Porsche bears the hallmarks of a “kill car” – a vehicle used to execute a contract killing on behalf of larger criminal groups, which use cloned number plates and stolen cars to conceal the identities of the assassins hired for the job.

They are often stocked with tools to assist with violent crimes, such as firearms, sledgehammers, baseball bats, gaffer tape, and jerrycans, while occupants of the “kill cars” have been spotted in balaclavas and face masks, worn while the occupants travel to conduct the killing.

The contract killers using the vehicles aren’t generally loyal to a particular crime syndicate, and often don’t have any knowledge or relationship with the intended victim.

They are hired independently, and can be paid large sums of cash to stage the vehicles, which often involves stealing and placing cloned plates on a car, as well as sourcing weapons and performing surveillance on behalf of a criminal group.

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