The man immerses himself in the river to escape from the police after an alleged theft of cross -border cars

The Victorian man, who has never had a driver’s license, is accused of stealing a car in Victoria before driving north on Monday night.

Police and Pol Air followed the allegedly stolen Holden Commodore after detecting the car in Macquarie Fields.

The driver threw the car in a dead end in Trevone Street in Padstow before fleeing on foot.

He was seen jumping a fence and running through a backyard, giving a fall when the officers closed.

The man found himself on the banks of Salt Pan Creek on the Georges River, where he took his shirt and divered in the river.

He was seen swimming in the middle of the river where he floated for more than 30 minutes.

It was finally torn from the river by the police 200 meters downstream.

Mitchel Fry, 33, was put in police custody.

Police registered Comodoro and supposedly found several numbers and a knife.

Fry was denied bail in court today.