FOUR men wearing fluoro vests and using a concrete saw were disturbed while trying to cut open an ATM at an Aspendale Gardens shopping centre, 2.50am, Wednesday 26 April.
The men, driving an $80,000 Holden HSV Club Sports sedan stolen in an aggravated burglary from a house in Berwick in February, forced open glass sliding doors to the shopping mall and began cutting into the ATM – but caused so much noise that neighbours called 000.
Police investigating a nearby burglary arrived quickly and chased the men’s getaway car, causing it to smash into another vehicle and deploying its airbags.
Detective Senior Constable Paul Keen, of Kingston CIU, said the men were seen “driving away erratically” and trying to manoeuvre the car with the bags fully inflated.
They were spotted in Keysborough at 6.30am before torching the car on the corner of Chapel and Keys roads, Moorabbin.
Anyone with information about this incident can provide information in confidence at crimestoppersvic.com.au online or by calling Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000.
First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 3 May 2017