Southern Metro Crime Team detectives have released images of two men they believe may be able to assist with their enquiries following a car theft and carjacking in Cheltenham on Monday. A silver Toyota Hilux ute was stolen from Dingley Village early on Monday morning (3 October). Investigators later discovered the stolen ute drove to a petrol station on Dandenong-Hastings Road near Bayliss Road in Lyndhurst about 8am. The car filled up and drove off without paying. The ute was then driven to a shopping centre carpark on Nepean Highway in Cheltenham about 1.30pm. The three occupants dumped the ute…
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A POLICE raid on a business address at Carrum Downs last week unearthed drugs, guns, ammunition, large quantity of cash – and even a pill press. Detective Senior Constable Chris Sweet, of Frankston CIU, said the eight guns seized at the Hall Rd premises included a variety of rifles and handguns. The drugs included large quantities of ice, ecstasy, a variety of pills and prescription drugs. Detectives executed the warrant on Thursday afternoon 29 September. A Carrum Downs man, 26, was remanded to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court last Thursday and further remanded to reappear on 20 December.
Burglars stole two cars, large amount of cash, credit cards, and two handbags containing business papers and spectacles, all valued at almost $29,000, from a Patterson Lakes house, early Thursday 29 September. The 62-year-old owner of the Governor Arthur Drive house said she heard “male voices and a loud bang” about 2.50am but thought it must have been wind slamming the side gate. Thieves broke in through a sliding glass door and stole car keys and handbags from the lounge room. They then entered the garage and stole a white 2004 Honda CRV and a white 2012 Toyota Yaris. The…
A WOMAN who filmed a group of youths assaulting and abusing an Asian man near the Patterson River boat ramp, Friday 30 September, was later assaulted by one of the alleged attackers. The Patterson Lakes woman, 62, was using her phone to film the youths on the walking path near the boat ramp at 6.18pm when she alleges one of them walked up to her and insulted her while telling her to stop filming. She said the youth then punched her hand, grabbed her phone and threw it over a fence. He is described as Caucasian, 17-18 years old, 183cm,…
CHELSEA Soccer Club has its own team of ‘The Invincibles’ after its under 13 side went undefeated for the whole 2016 season. Arsene Wenger’s English Premier League title-winning Arsenal team were given the name when they went unbeaten throughout the 2003-04 season. After finishing first in the Sportsmart South Division, Chelsea Soccer Club’s under 13s played Glen Waverley in the semi-final winning 3-2 and then went on to win the metropolitan championship against the Western Eagles defeating them 2-1. Coach Carl Cafun and assistant coach Marius Roman have been coaching the core group for three years. “The great parent and…