BY IAN CROUCH

A man has been arrested after an 80 kilometre police pursuit from the Coalfields to the Central Coast.

Highway Patrol officers noticed a black Holden Commodore acting suspiciously on Wollombi Road at Bellbird just before 3.00am today, but the vehicle failed to stop.

They followed the car down the Great North Road towards Laguna.

The vehicle was eventually stopped an hour later when Brisbane Water Police deployed road spikes on Peats Ridge Road at Central mangrove.

The 54-year-old man, who was the only occupant in the car, has been charged with disqualified driving and driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle.