Overview
- Investigators released CCTV images of a man refuelling a hired white Toyota Camry at a Western Ring Road service station on December 25 as they seek help to identify him.
- A cleaner had found drugs, firearms, incendiary devices and more than $1 million in cash at a short‑term rental in Keilor East on January 24, triggering controlled detonations by the Bomb Response Unit with ADF support.
- The property was booked for weeks in January, and the same Camry was recorded making repeated trips to the address during that period.
- Police interviewed a man linked to the booking and released him pending further enquiries, and detectives say the car’s hirer has not cooperated while the man in the CCTV is a different person they want to identify.
- Victoria Police say the stash’s scale and the use of short‑term rentals and hire cars reflect organised‑crime methods that can slow attribution and increase the need for community tips.