A man and three women arrested after allegedly stealing a utility. Around 11.20pm last night police patrolling in Currajong observed an allegedly stolen Mitsubishi Triton utility travelling along Bayswater Road. Officers were able to successfully deploy a tyre deflation device causing the ute to stop. The four occupants then fled the vehicle and were taken into custody a short time later. Two women, aged 22, and a 26-year-old man have been charged with a range of offences including unlawful use of a motor vehicle. The man has also been charged with a possessing a knife in a public place, obstruct police, stealing, fail to take reasonable care of syringe and possess property suspected of having been used in connection with the commission of a drug offence. He is expected to appear in the Townsville Magistrates Court today.