Police in Melbourne have arrested over 40 people, mostly teenagers, for a series of crimes, including armed robberies, aggravated burglaries, and car thefts, over the Christmas and New Year period.
Police have arrested more than 40 people over the Christmas and New Year period as part of an operation targeting night-time robberies and car thefts . Numerous teenagers were among those arrested, who face a combined total of more than 150 charges. Police have arrested dozens of people, mostly youths, as part of a crackdown on crime in Melbourne 's east and south-east. Victoria Police said 41 people had been arrested over the past seven days and have been charged with more than 150 offences.
They face charges relating to armed robberies, aggravated burglaries and car thefts. The 12-year-old was allegedly part of a group of six youths involved in an armed robbery in Blairgowrie and were arrested in a stolen car on January 1. Three boys aged 13 to 15 were arrested over 15 cigarette-motivated armed robberies at service stations and milk bars on December 22. A 16-year-old boy was arrested over a spate of alleged aggravated burglaries and a collision in a stolen car on December 29. Police said the vehicle the boy was allegedly driving hit a house, fences, a pergola and two other cars before the boy was apprehended. Arrests part of operation targeting night-time crime Police used helicopters with night vision cameras to track some of the alleged offenders who were occasionally found hiding in backyards and garden sheds. The police Dog Squad was also involved in a number of the arrests, which were part of Operation Trinity, which targets night-time burglaries and car thefts. Acting Superintendent Andrew McKee said officers were kept busy over the Christmas and New Year period. 'Such a significant number of arrests in such a short time is indicative of just how seriously we take this type of offending,' he said. 'A lot of these arrests have occurred under the cover of darkness. While you're sleeping, police are wide-eyed with members on ground and in the sky — no hiding place is safe for offenders
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