Six teenagers who allegedly took a midnight joy-ride in a stolen luxury car before crashing it into an art gallery and trying to escape in a cab were arrested on Saturday morning.

Police say the youths lost control of the boosted Audi, running it through the stone barrier and through the front of the art gallery, causing extensive damage in the northeastern Melbourne suburb of Kalorama just after 3am.

By the time Victorian police officers could reach the scene, all the occupants of the car had fled the scene – except a teenage girl who police arrested near the damaged art gallery.

The Kapi Art Space suffered extensive damage as a result of the crash. 

An allegedly stolen Audi plunged into the side of a boutique gallery (pictured) in Kalorama in Melbourne’s north east after a group of youths allegedly took it for a spin in the early hours of Saturday morning

 Police found the teens as they allegedly tried to escape in a rideshare car from the scene at teh Kapi Gallery (pictured)

The Kapi gallery (pictured) was damaged extensively in the crash which saw the luxury car wipe out on its front wall

Police then received reports of a car theft on a nearby road and flocked to the street.

Officers noticed a ride-sharing car passing as they converged on the reported street.

The police noticed four young passengers in the car, three teenage boys and a teenage girl, and waved down the driver.

They then took them into custody. 

The last of the six teens was rounded up by police hounds from the Dog Squad.

‘The five teens are expected to be interviewed this morning, while the sixth was taken to hospital with a leg injury after being bitten by the police dog,’ Victoria Police said on Saturday morning.

Police urged any witnesses, and anyone with CCTV or dashcam footage or information to contact Crime Stoppers.