Simply after 8pm on Wednesday police closed in on a person in a Holden Cruz pulling up on the intersection of Payneham and OG Roads in Marden.
Officers rapidly mounted a median strip and boxed the motive force in.
He tried to flee by reversing into one other automobile, however his try was futile.
Closely armed police smashed the window of the Holden to get to the 28-year-old driver.
He was pulled out of the automobile by officers and pinned to the bottom.
The arrest introduced an finish to what police say has been a five-day crime spree.
Starting in Port Augusta, the person is accused of a petroleum drive-off and a bottle store theft.
Days later he is alleged to have held up a retailer in Flagstaff Hill.
Final evening police say he robbed two bottle retailers within the Southern Suburbs inside 20 minutes whereas armed with a knife.
CCTV footage from one of many bottle retailers close to Charles Avenue in Plympton reveals a person police imagine is the one they presently have in custody, operating out of the store.
The constructing proprietor of the bottle store, Frank Schirripa, says such robberies have gotten a typical incidence.
"It isn't the primary one. It isn't the primary time. This occurs very often," Schirripa stated.
The 28-year-old man has been charged with two counts of theft and 4 counts of aggravated theft.
He has been refused bal and appeared within the Adelaide Magistrates Court docket at this time.