A MAN was issued with a defect notice last week after he was spotted driving with a makeshift door sticky taped to his car. Somerville Highway Patrol officers pulled over the 63-year-old man in Mornington around 10.30am, 13 April. The door to the white Daewoo Lanos was missing, replaced by a makeshift door held together by tape. The driver told police he was going to Western Australia to visit his sister, who had contracted coronavirus. He was issued with a defect notice. First published in the Frankston Times – 20 April 2020
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A FRANKSTON man has been charged after the discovery of methamphetamine, GHB, cash, and keys to a stolen car at a Hallam motel, 11 April. At around 2.45am, police spotted an allegedly stolen car with false plates outside the motel on the Princess Highway. A search warrant was executed and the car was seized at around 10am. In addition to the drugs, cash, and car keys found inside the motel, police also allege that they found two firearms, ammunition, and suspected stolen goods inside the car. A 30-year-old man from Frankston was charged with traffick methamphetamine, traffick GHB, theft of…
A MAN was arrested on Beach Street last week after police allegedly found an imitation firearm, knife, ammunition, and methylamphetamine on him. A police statement read that at around 5.40pm, 14 April, a man was seen by Frankston protective service officers “acting suspiciously”. Police searched for the man and allegedly found the items. The 30-year-old was arrested and charged with drug trafficking, possess drugs, prohibited person possess imitation firearm, possess controlled weapon, and possess ammunition. He has been remanded to appear at Frankston Magistrates’ Court on 29 April. The officers were working on Operation Shielding, which has seen police assign…
A PROJECTILE was fired through a home in Seaford last week, 14 April. Police say that around 4am, the projectile was fired through a lounge room window at a house on Seaford Road between Wicklow Street and Elisdon Drive. No people were injured in the incident. Frankston CIU detectives are appealing for information from the public. Anyone who noticed people in the area or has any information can contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or the Frankston CIU on 9784 5555. First published in the Frankston Times – 20 April 2020
THE number of people who have tested positive for coronavirus in Frankston has risen by just five since the start of April. The total number of positive cases in the Frankston area stands at 36 as of 20 April. On 2 April it was at 31. The total number of COVID-19 cases statewide was 1328 on 19 April, an increase of nine from the day prior. 15 people had died. Neighbouring municipality Kingston had 24 cases, while the Mornington Peninsula had 59. Despite the slowed rate of positive cases, Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Professor Brett Sutton says that “now is…