Tank goes on Rampage through out Suburbia - Mount Druitt

Originally Posted by Daily Telegraph

A man has been arrested after an armoured personnel carrier (APC) was taken on a rampage in Sydney's western suburbs.

Mt Druitt police on patrol discovered the armoured vehicle destroying an electricity substation in Sterling Road, Minchinbury, at about 2am (AEST) today.

They followed the APC through several suburbs, including Mt Druitt, Dharruk, Emerton, Glendenning and Plumpton.

The APC left a path of destruction, bringing down a number of mobile phone towers and relay sheds, police said.

The pursuit ended in Dean Park after about 90 minutes, when the vehicle stalled as it was being driven towards another mobile phone tower.

Police arrested a 45-year-old Dharruk man and took him to Mt Druitt Police Station for questioning.

Mt Druitt police Chief Inspector Guy Haberley said the man was arrested on his way to damaging a seventh mobile telephone tower.

"He continued to destroy mobile phone tower communications sheds by crashing through the perimeter fence and colliding with structures causing significant damage," Insp Haberley told ABC radio.

It's believed the APC is an old vehicle from a private collection.

A man was later charged with a range of offences including six counts of malicious damage, break, enter and steal, predatory driving, possession of a prohibited drug, use of a weapon to avoid apprehension and driving in a dangerous manner.

He is due to appear in Parramatta Bail Court later today.