A TEENAGER has been arrested and charged with burglary and theft offences after Mornington Peninsula CIU detectives located two allegedly stolen vehicles at a Safety Beach home on Thursday 2 March.
Officers from Rosebud were travelling west on Point Nepean Road when they observed a VW Golf without registration plates about 4.45am.
The driver allegedly sped off before officers later found the same VW Golf parked in front of a residential address while patrolling.
After searching the property, officers found a Mazda that had allegedly been stolen in an aggravated burglary in Cranbourne on 25 February. It is alleged the car was used in a petrol drive-off in Officer.
Police also found a Mini Cooper that had allegedly been stolen in an aggravated burglary in Balwyn North on 27 February.
A 15-year-old boy arrested at the Safety Beach property has been charged with: two counts of aggravated burglary; three counts of theft of a motor vehicle; and petrol theft.
He has been bailed to appear before a children’s court at a later date.
First published in the Southern Peninsula News – 7 March 2023
