Wanted man arrested after foot chase in Cairns
FUGITIVE ARRESTED
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UPDATE: More charges have been laid on Rangi Fyfe, 20, in a crime spree that allegedly lasted months.
Mossman detectives served the man with at least another 35 charges following his arrest in Cairns last week.
They include five counts of unlawful use of a motor vehicle, seven counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, seven counts of wilful damage, seven counts of stealing, seven drug related offences, one count of entering a premises and committing an indictable offence and a number of other traffic related offences.
Fyfe was arrested on September 21 at an Earlville residence following an extensive police operation to locate the man.
He remains in custody and is next scheduled appear at the Cairns Magistrates Court in on October 16.
EARLIER: Wanted man Rangi Fyfe, 20, has been arrested after a foot chase in the Cairns suburb of Earlville yesterday.
The man has been on the run for almost eight weeks after a string of recent offences including the alleged ramming of a police vehicle at Buchan’s Point on August 28.
He is also allegedly responsible for a lockdown and manhunt situation in the small coastal community of Wonga Beach, north of Mossman, on August 17 after crashing a stolen vehicle into the esplanade.
Police said several investigations led them to a De Jarlais Street residence at around 2.30pm yesterday, and the man fled from the address on foot as officers approached.
It will be alleged he then forced entry to a Pitt Street residence and attempted to hide inside before being arrested and taken into custody.
The man was charged with failing to appear in court on August 2 and is scheduled to appear in the Cairns Magistrates Court later this morning.
Detectives from Mossman and Cairns are expected to be speaking with Fyfe today over a number of other outstanding matters.
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