Four detainees: they left with the father's truck, traveled a thousand kilometers and looted two petrol stations

Four boys aged 10 to 14 packed fishing rods in a father 's truck, left a note of farewell and traveled more than 1,000 kilometers along the east coast of the United States. Australia before being stopped by the police the next morning. two naphtha flights and a brief pursuit by the police.

Sunday at 22:40, when police arrested the boys near Grafton, in the state of New South Wales, they closed the doors and refused to leaveexplained Interim Inspector Darren Williams. An officer broke a window of the Nissan Patrol, allegedly stolen, Williams said.

The police were not sure who was driving or why they had left Saturday in Rockhampton, Queensland state. The group consisted of a 14 year old boy, two 13 year old and a 10 year old girl.

Williams said that they could have taken turns driving. "It's a long way, over 1,000 kilometers from Rockhampton to Grafton. I can not imagine one person driving all this in two days, "Williams told reporters.

The children are believed to have left unpaid fuel at Queensland Banana and Warialda, New South Wales. They were also pursued by police in Glenn Innes, a town in New South Wales, where it is believed that One of the 13 year old boys was driving.

"There was a brief pursuit with the road patrol, and because of the age of the driver and the state of the road, the road patrol agents and the general police who participated in it (…) put an end to this ", said the inspector.

The boys had taken money leaving Rockhampton and one of the 13 year olds had left a message to his family stating that he was leaving. The police still did not interview the children as they could not be interviewed without the presence of a parent or guardian. Williams said charges would be brought against him, although he did not list the alleged crimes.