A MAN has been arrested in Co. Louth after a car was hijacked in Belfast with a 17-year-old girl inside. The vehicle was taken while it was parked in the Botanic Avenue area of the city with the girl in a passenger seat. She managed to escape when the car stopped in the Lisburn area, while a man was arrested by gardaí in the early hours of Saturday. "Police received a report on Saturday, September 28 that a vehicle which had been parked in the Botanic Avenue area had been stolen with a female passenger still in the car," said Detective Sergeant McVeagh of the PSNI. "The car stopped on the Saintfield Road, Lisburn where the girl escaped from the vehicle. "The car was observed a short time later driving at speeds in excess of 100mph on the A1 and officers made contact with our colleagues in An Garda Siocháná to inform them the vehicle was driving towards the border. "At around 2.20am on Saturday, we received a report from An Garda Siocháná to say they had located the stolen car and had arrested a 25-year-old man…

A man is being questioned in Co Louth after a car was hijacked in Belfast with a 17-year-old girl inside, who managed to escape in Lisburn.

A man who stole a car from south Belfast with a 17-year-old passenger on board was later detained across the border.

A car was stolen in Belfast with a 17-year-old girl inside. A spokesman for An Garda Siochana said the suspect is currently detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 at a Garda station in Louth.