Two young men have been arrested on Christmas Day after a police pursuit through the southern suburban streets of Adelaide.
While responding to reports just after 2.30am of a suspicious car at Elizabeth Road at Christie Downs, south of Adelaide, police spotted one of the men allegedly marking graffiti on a building.
The man then drove off in a Nissen sedan, police said.
Officers pursued the car through several backstreets before calling off the chase.
The car was found a short time later in Christine Street, Morphett Vale.
The driver ran off but was quickly caught by police.
An 18-year-old Flagstaff Hill man has been charged with marking graffiti, engaging in a police pursuit and hindering police.
An 18-year-old man from Morphett Vale was arrested for breach of bail.
