A man was arrested after police spotted him getting into a stolen car at Allenby Gardens overnight.
Police were called to a report of suspicious activity in Samary Street, Allenby Gardens just after 10.30pm on Sunday 24 May.
Patrols saw a white BMW sedan parked in the driveway of a house. Police checks revealed the owner of the car was in the process of reporting it stolen within the last few hours from an Ottoway address.
It will be alleged a man came out of a house and got into the driver’s seat of the stolen car. Police quickly moved in and arrested him.
The 30-year-old Pennington man was charged with illegal use of a motor vehicle and bailed to appear in the Port Adelaide Magistrates Court on 13 July.
The owner attended and collected their car.
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