Police arrest woman after Diamond Creek carjacking

Darebin Crime Investigation Unit detectives have arrested a woman following an alleged car-jacking incident in Diamond Creek last night.

It is alleged a woman was driving a vehicle on Bruce Street, before allegedly being stopped by a woman who was armed with a weapon about 9.40pm on Sunday, 21 August.

Police were told the woman stole the vehicle and fled the scene in the car.

The allegedly stolen car was involved in a single vehicle crash a short time later on Diamond Creek Road.

A 16-year-old Watsonia woman was arrested and taken to hospital as a precaution.

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