Police patrol Arrest after drugs, weapons find
Sunday, 8 January, in Wooley’s Rd, Crib Point, with no number plates.
POLICE arrested a 24-year-old man in Pearcedale in the early hours of Friday (6 January) after drugs, drugs paraphernalia and weapons were found in a stolen vehicle. Cranbourne police made the discovery when they intercepted a vehicle with false number plates in a car park off Baxter-Tooradin Rd about 1.15am. Police found drugs including methamphetamine and cannabis, as well as stolen registration plates and two knives.
Stolen car
Divers with cross purpose THOUSANDS of people flocked to the Rye pier on Friday to join in the Blessing of the Waters celebration, and to escape the 33-degree heat in the cool waters of Port Phillip. The ceremony is held every year at Rye by followers of the Greek Orthodox faith to celebrate Epiphany Day and the baptism of Jesus. Divers of different ages and en-
ergy levels dived off the pier after a wooden cross was blessed by the Very Reverand Elefterios Tatsis before being tossed into the bay. Stelios Kardas, 37, from Melbourne, was first to the cross this year. Participants at a similar event at Frankston were asked to sign a waiver acknowledging the illness risk involved in diving into possibly polluted
waters after flash flooding swept waste into Port Phillip last week. Swimmers were advised to thoroughly shower straight afterwards by Coast Guard volunteers at the group’s clubhouse. The holy cross is believed to bring health, guidance and good fortune to those who retrieve it, and their families, for the year ahead.
A STOLEN car that sped from a booze bus in Western Port Highway, Somerville, two weeks before Christmas was found burnt out in Crib Point on the weekend. The red 1996 BMW sedan was taken from outside a house in Fulton Rd, Mt Eliza, on 10 December. The car was seen at a police roadside breath testing point in Somerville eight days later but, after initially pulling over when motioned by police to stop, the driver sped up and drove off erratically. Detective Senior Sergeant Alan Paxton from Mornington Peninsula CIU said the driver grabbed the hand of the police officer before speeding off, causing a minor injury to the officer. The car was bearing stolen South Australian number plates, and the driver was described as caucasion, aged in his mid-30s, chubby with brown or ginger hair. The vehicle was found burnt out on
Stolen plates UP to three number plates are stolen from cars on the Mornington Peninsula every week by people planning to commit crimes and steal petrol, according to police. The number plate thefts has prompted police to urge car owners to change to one-way, anti-theft number plate screws, and keep cars in garages where possible. Detective Senior Sergeant Alan Paxton from Mornington Peninsula CIU said two to three number plates are stolen from cars on the peninsula weekly, and was a major concern for police and car owners. “It is a major inconvenience for car owners, as they can’t drive the car without a number plate and it is unlikely they will have the cost covered by insurance,” he said. “It’s also a big problem for police as it is likely that the plates will be used to steal petrol or commit crimes.” Detective Paxton said people who had their number plates stolen should report the theft immediately. People driving without number plates could be fined $144 and be given three demerit points.
Vet burgled A WINDOW was forced open to the Mt Martha Vet Clinic, Langrigg Av, and a small amount of money taken last Thursday night. The theft occurred between 7.45 pm on Thursday 5 January and discovered at 8.15 the next morning. Nothing else was stolen.
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