Police have located two children safe and well following an incident in Blackburn North this morning.
Adilla, 5, and Bilal, 3, were located by police inside the stolen black Mercedes Benz sedan at a property on Cochrane Street about 7.20pm tonight.
The children appear safe and well however they will be medically assessed.
Three men and a woman were arrested at the address with assistance from the Special Operations Group.
All four will now be interviewed by police.
Detectives from the Armed Crime Squad are investigating the incident where a male entered a property on Springfield Road, Blackburn North this morning while the children and their mother were inside.
The male assaulted the 32-year-old woman then left the property in the family's black Mercedes Benz, taking the children with him.
The investigation remains ongoing and anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential crime report at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au
Quotes attributed to Detective Inspector Dean Thomas, Armed Crime Squad:
"This is a fantastic result and we're incredibly happy that we've been able to locate Adilla and Bilal safe and well.
"Their parents are also understandably immensely relieved.
"As I said earlier today, any incident of this nature where children are taken from a property is concerning for police and it's certainly concerning for the broader community as well.
"This was a significant operation conducted by Crime Command detectives, local police and specialist units in an effort to find the children and the stolen vehicle.
"The four in custody will be interviewed tonight and we'll continue to work through to piece together exactly what has happened.
"On behalf of Victoria Police I would particularly like to thank members of the public and the media for their assistance in sharing this information for us today."
