Car fire at Meningie

About 9.00pm on Monday 10 February, police were called to Meningie, after reports a car was on fire on Bowman Street.

Fire crews were in attendance and quickly extinguished the fire.

Checks revealed the silver Holden sedan had been stolen from a Meningie address earlier that evening.

Police conducted further enquiries resulting in a 31-year-old man from Meningie being arrested and charged with unlawful possession and illegal use of a motor vehicle.

He was bailed and will appear in the Murray Bridge Magistrates Court on the 5 March.