The Victorian man, who has by no means held a driver’s licence, is accused of stealing a automobile in Victoria earlier than driving north on Monday evening.
Police and Pol Air adopted the allegedly stolen Holden Commodore after recognizing the automobile in Macquarie Fields.
The driving force dumped the automobile in a useless finish on Trevone Avenue in Padstow earlier than fleeing on foot.
He was seen leaping a fence and working by way of a yard, taking a tumble as officers closed in.
The person discovered himself on the banks of Salt Pan Creek off the Georges River, the place he took of his shirt and dived into the river.
He was seen swimming into the center of the river the place he floated for greater than half-hour.
He was finally plucked from the river by police 200 metres downstream.
Mitchel Fry, 33, was taken into police custody.
Police searched the Commodore and allegedly discovered a number of quantity plates and a knife.
Fry was refused bail in courtroom in the present day.
