TWO men have been arrested over a series of burglaries and thefts on the Mornington Peninsula.
Somerville CIU detectives with help from Rosebud police and the frontline tasking unit arrested the men after $21,500 in allegedly stolen property was found at Tootgarook and Rye properties.
A 29-year-old Tootgarook man and 42-year-old Rye man were charged with a variety of offences.
The Rye man was bailed to appear at Dromana Magistrates’ Court on 10 February charged with theft from a motor vehicle, theft of a bicycle, handling stolen goods, possessing property believed to be the proceeds of crime, and possessing methyl-amphetamine.
The Tootgarook man appeared at Frankston Magistrates’ Court last week charged with three counts of burglary, three counts of handling stolen goods, theft of a motor vehicle as well as theft from a motor vehicle, criminal damage, persistently breaching an intervention order, dealing in property believed to be the proceeds of crime, and failing to answer bail. He further remanded to a date to be fixed.
Detective Senior Sergeant Eddie Lagonder described the arrests as a “good result”.
“Police will be on the lookout for those who take advantage of the pandemic lockdowns to target vacant holiday homes,” he said.
First published in the Southern Peninsula News – 14 September 2021
