Police have charged a man and woman following an incident where a stolen tractor was allegedly driven erratically in Seymour on June 17.
Police allege the tractor was seen on the Goulburn Valley Highway, tavelling towards Seymour, swerving across lanes and crashing into barriers at about 10.20am.
Officers responded and arrested the pair, a 36-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman, both from Western Australia, after the stolen tractor crashed into a perimeter fence of the Puckapunyal army base.
No one was injured during the incident.
The pair have each been charged with theft of a motor vehicle; theft; reckless conduct endangering serious injury; driving in a dangerous manner; dangerous driving while being pursued by police; failing to stop on police request; criminal damage; trespassing on commonwealth land; and possessing methylamphetamines.
The man and woman, who were initially deemed unfit for interview, were remanded in custody and appeared before Wangaratta Magistrates’ Court on June 21.
They were further remanded to appear at Benalla Magistrates’ Court on June 22.
