Police arrest man who hid in blow up pool after stolen scooter chase The WA Police Dog Squad was called into action last night in the arrest of a man in Belmont. A MAN hid underwater in a blow up pool in a Belmont yard while being chased by the police Dog Squad overnight. Officers from the squad were patrolling in Belmont about 10.40pm when they tried to stop a scooter being ridden on Keymer Street. It will be alleged the man kept riding and turned on to Great Eastern Highway then did a U-turn over a median strip and turned back on to Keymer Street. Police found the scooter abandoned on the driveway of a house on Keymer Street and the rider ran from the scene. Police dog Storm was then brought in and tracked a scent into a rear yard and into a fenced off area. One of the Dog Squad officers searched the yard and it will be alleged he found the rider hiding under water in a blow up swimming pool. The man was taken in to custody. Police will allege the scooter had been reported stolen from Maylands earlier in the day. A 29-year-old man from Forrestfield has been charged with steal motor vehicle, fail to stop and no authority to drive, and he is due to appear in the Perth Magistrates Court today.