A MAN will face Frankston Magistrates’s Court this week charged with 98 offences, stemming from alleged thefts across the east of Melbourne between November 2025 and February 2026.
The 31-year-old man was arrested after a raid on a property on Duce Street in Cranbourne East on 25 February, about 8am. He allegedly fled on foot but was arrested in a nearby yard.
The 98 charges include burglary, theft, theft of motor vehicle, theft from motor vehicle, handle stolen goods, obtain property by deception, unlicensed driving, commit indictable offence whilst on bail, and fail to answer bail.
Police allege they found an allegedly stolen BMW, stolen power tools, and a small quantity of methylamphetamine and 1,4-Butanediol at the Cranbourne East property.
The man faced Frankston Magistrate’s Court on 25 February, and was further remanded until 5 March.
First published in the Frankston Times – 3 March 2026