A 16-year-old boy led the police on a car chase until he was blocked and arrested this afternoon.
Informed sources said the police initially tried to stop the boy in Hamrun but he drove on.
A chase developed and the boy was eventually arrested in Valletta.
Officers of the Rapid Intervention Unit and the district police were involved.
The boy was driving a hired car.
Informed sources said the boy is the brother of a 12-year-old found driving on a number of occasions last year.