POLICE have charged a Wallan woman and a Shepparton woman after allegedly evading police in the early hours of Thursday morning.
A grey Holden Commodore and a black Ford Focus were observed by police allegedly travelling at high speed, north on the Hume Freeway in Wallan at about 1.30am.
Police attempted to intercept the vehicles near Arcadia on the Goulburn Valley Freeway before tyre deflation devices were successfully deployed in Kialla.
Both vehicles were followed and intercepted by police on Balaclava Road in Shepparton, where a 28-year-old Wallan woman and a 30-year-old Shepparton woman exited their vehicles and were arrested at the scene.
Police searched the vehicles and allegedly found a quantity of drugs and cash, while an unidentified explosive device was allegedly found in the Holden and later deemed safe by the Bomb Response Unit.
The Wallan woman was charged with dangerous driving while pursued, failing to stop on police direction, possessing drug of dependence, driving while disqualified, speeding dangerously, and in a manner dangerous.
The Shepparton woman was charged with dangerous driving while pursued, failing to stop on police direction, unlicensed driving, speeding dangerously and in manner dangerous, and other explosive and driving-related offences.
The pair were to appear before Shepparton Magistrates’ Court on Thursday afternoon.
