FOUR trucks valued at $500,000 were deliberately set alight at a Braeside industrial estate last week.
The three five-tonne trucks and a prime mover were extensively damaged and another five-tonne truck and Jeep 4×4 received minor heat damage when an arsonist set them alight, 1am, Wednesday 9 November.
Kingston CIU Senior Constable John Barbour said the three trucks targeted were owned by the one contractor, and it appeared the arsonist had singled him out.
A witness told police he was driving along Boundary Rd when he saw two trucks on fire in the car park at Breeze Logistics.
As he stopped to call 000 he saw a man wearing dark clothing run through the car park “pumping his fist in the air” and into Industrial Drive.
The man crossed Boundary Rd and disappeared into the Epsom estate. Five CFA units brought the blaze under control in 20 minutes. CCTV footage is being examined.
Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers, 1800 333 000.
First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 16 November 2016