Police Arrest Driver of Stolen SUV That Plowed Through Melbourne Mall

Footage posted online shows the Landcruiser smashing through glass doors as terrified shoppers ducked for cover inside nearby stores.

A detail of the Victoria police badge on a police officer in Melbourne, Australia, on March 24, 2016. Scott Barbour/Getty Images

Victoria Police have arrested the man who tore through Preston’s Northland Shopping Centre in a stolen Toyota Landcruiser on June 18 in a dramatic attempt to evade capture.

“Investigators arrested a 27-year-old East Melbourne man at a Hoddle Street address in East Melbourne about 8:30 a.m. this morning,” the police said.