Frankston Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating a carjacking in Carrum Downs earlier this month. A 45-year-old man entered the car park of Carrum Downs Shopping Centre on Hall Road about 9.30pm on Saturday, 6 November. As he approached his car, he noticed two men standing near his Nissan Pulsar. One of the men produced a knife and demanded the victim hand over his keys. The Malvern East man gave the keys to the offenders, who drove off in his car. The vehicle located dumped a short distance away on Broderick Road, Carrum Downs approximately 15 minutes later. The victim…
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SANTA Claus is coming, he’s not very far away. With Christmas right around the corner, there will be lots of festive activities to do around Frankston in the weeks to come. Frankston’s Magical Christmas festival has begun. One of the highlights of the calendar is the carols, which will take place on 18 December at the Frankston Football Oval. The mayor Nathan Conroy encouraged residents to get out and embrace the Christmas spirit. “If you can hear those sleigh bells ringing, it means Santa Claus is coming to town and Frankston’s Magical Christmas is not too far away! Experience the…
A FRANKSTON woman who refused an evidentiary breath test is expected to be charged. Police say they pulled over a red Mazda sedan on Skye Road when they saw it without headlights on at around 11pm on 24 November. The 39-year-old Skye woman underwent a roadside breath test, but police say she would not accompany them back to the station for an evidentiary breath test. Police say they will charge her with a number of drink-driving offences. First published in the Frankston Times – 30 November 2021
THREE people from Frankston were among twenty people arrested as part of a year-long police investigation into alleged drug trafficking. Police say they had been investigating alleged trafficking of methylamphetamine, cocaine and 1,4 butanediol. Over the course of their investigation they allegedly seized millions of dollars worth of methylamphetamine, traffickable amounts of cocaine, prescription medicines, thousands of steroid tablets, a homemade machine gun, around $650,000 in cash, and three cars. On 18 November police charged a 32-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman from Frankston with trafficking methylamphetamine, cocaine and 1,4 butanol, as well as committing an indictable offence while on…
FRANKSTON author Mickey Martin launched her fifth novel this month. Soul Keepers of Glenormiston South, the first book in Ms Martin’s Victoria Collection series, has been released. She says the book is a “fantasy romance with ecological and environmental messages.” “I’m currently in the process of writing the second novel in this collection, all of which are set in rural towns of Victoria, highlighting Glenormiston South, Noorat, Inglewood – the fourth novel in the series ends here in Frankston, titled Sweet Water Creek,” she said. “Writing this collection, in part, is to celebrate rural towns that I am passionate about…