By Brett Lackey For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 14:13 GMT, 4 March 2019 | Updated: 20:55 GMT, 4 March 2019
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Four youths allegedly involved in a string of brazen car thefts and robberies were handed tickets to a football game in Melbourne last month as part of a police program.
The boys were put up in a four-star hotel, which is advertised for as much as $599 a night for a two-bedroom apartment, after being driven from Sydney to Melbourne for the Indigenous All Stars rugby league match in February, according to https://twitter.com/7NewsSydney/status/1102473287550959616.
The four teenage criminals stayed in the Skyhigh apartments during their three-day trip, and trained with the indigenous team before enjoying the clash.
The group had reportedly been involved in a series of luxury car thefts, which they allegedly used to ram raid shops in Mt Druitt, Sydney, according to the publication.
NSW Police have defended the