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.

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