A 17-year-old Ferntree Gully teenager was one of three charged by police detectives after several alleged burglaries where vehicles were stolen.
Police said it is alleged a Holden utility was stolen during an aggravated burglary in Rowville and was used to steal petrol from a service station on Doncaster Road around 4am on 15 November.
It is alleged the offenders crashed the vehicle in Surrey Hills before fleeing in another stolen Nissan Pulsar, which was taken from a Glen Iris home on 10 November.
Police said detectives tracked down the alleged offenders who were walking the street in Ashburton at around 10am, where three teenage boys were arrested.
The 17-year-old from Ferntree Gully was taken to hospital under police guard is assisting police with their enquiries, a 17-year-old from Ashburton was charged with aggravated burglary, two counts of burglary and two counts of theft of a motor vehicle and a 17-year-old Surrey hills teenager was charged with theft of a motor vehicle and committing an indictable offence whilst on bail.
