A SERIES of commercial break-ins in Braeside and Moorabbin is concerning police.
Detective Senior Sergeant Shane Cashman, of Kingston CIU, said the robberies occurred overnight Friday and Saturday 20 and 21 January. One was in Downard St, Braeside, where offenders forced the doors of a scrap metal business. It is not known what was stolen. Cash and power tools were stolen from an auto mechanics in Industrial Drive, Braeside.
Burglars climbed through an unlocked window to enter an auto panel and repairs business in Keys Rd, Moorabbin, overnight Tuesday 24 January. After rummaging through offices looking for valuables and unsuccessfully trying to force open a safe, the offenders stole two cars: a Mazda 3 and a Nissan Skyline.
Another auto parts suppliers, in Wren Rd, Moorabbin, was broken into over the 20-22 January weekend. Thieves smashed a hole in the front window to gain entry but it is unclear what was stolen.
Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000.
First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 1 February 2017