HOUSE breakers stole 12 firearms among $45,000 worth of valuables from a house at Skye, noon, Thursday 11 February.
Also stolen was a KTM off-road motorbike valued at $7000, which they could not start. A witness saw the bike being towed away by a white sedan with one of the men steering it.
Detective Senior Constable Flyn Loughlin, of Frankston CIU, said the registered weapons – shotguns, rifles and air rifles – were correctly stored in a gun safe which the thieves cut open using an angle grinder.
Also stolen from the Highview Rd property were a chainsaw, jewellery, iPads, ammunition, laptop, and hard drive from the CCTV security camera.
This is the second robbery at the property in five weeks; detectives believe the same men may be responsible. They forced open the front door and worked their way to the back door, stealing items as they went.
Detective Loughlin is appealing for witnesses to the robbery. He said the owner had “done everything right: CCTV was installed, the shed where the guns were stored was locked and the gun safe was locked,” he said.
“It was just unfortunate that the thieves were able to get them.”
