A WOMAN has been charged and another has fronted court after police discovered a young child in the back of a car after a late-night chase in Tamworth.

The two 22-year-old women were arrested on the outskirts of Tamworth on the Werris Creek Road late on Monday night.

It was only when the vehicle stopped for officers - after allegedly leading police on a chase from Bridge Street in Tamworth and out to Currabubula and back in - that police discovered a young child in the back.

Police will allege in court a seven-year-old child who is not related to the women was seated in the back of the grey sedan without an approved child seat.

Police allege one of the women, who was behind the wheel of the sedan about 10pm on October 6, was disqualified from driving.

Highway patrol officers were perf

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