A 12-year-old boy has been apprehended after a car chase that started in the Limburg city of Hasselt and ended the village of Knegsel in the Dutch province of North Brabant. The news of the car chase involving the exceptionally young joyrider has been reported by several Dutch media outlets.
Officers from the Lommel Local Police Service were the first to give chase. They were joined by Dutch police once the boy had crossed the border. He was eventually intercepted in Knegsel, a village near Eindhoven. No one was injured during the car chase.
For now, there is not much information about the incident that happened on Thursday evening. For instance, it is not clear whether the boy is Belgian or Dutch. What we do know is that he took the car in Hasselt and drove north where officers from the Lommel Local Police Service attempted to stop him. However, the boy drove on and the chase continued over the border. He was eventually stopped and apprehended.
The boy is reported to have driven the car for around an hour. Several other vehicles were reportedly damaged by the young joyrider. However, no one was injured. The boy has been handed over to the Belgian police and the Limburg public prosecutor's office has opened an intervention into the joyriding incident.