Overview
- Police say seven detainees aged 14 to 17 fled the Deloraine centre just before 7pm.
- The group stole a blue Subaru WRX from the car park, later found near Penguin shortly after 10pm.
- A helicopter searched coastal areas into the night, with activity reported around Penguin and Sulphur Creek.
- By about 9am, officers had returned three youths to custody and continued an active operation to locate four others.
- Authorities urged anyone with information to call 131444 as the search focuses on Tasmania’s north coast.