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Police Track Driver to Shopping-Centre Dumpster After Melbourne Chase

Police used Air Wing footage with shopping-centre cameras to find the suspect.

Overview

  • Witness calls to Triple Zero reported a Holden Commodore driving erratically in Mount Eliza around mid-morning.
  • Officers tried to stop the car on Gulls Way in Frankston South, but the driver allegedly fled.
  • The Victoria Police Air Wing followed the Commodore to a Carrum Downs shopping centre on Halls Road.
  • Aerial footage and CCTV led officers to a loading-bay dumpster, where they found a 40-year-old in an orange hi-vis top and arrested him.
  • Police interviewed the Dandenong man about his driving, impounded the Commodore, and said the investigation is continuing.