Yarra Crime Investigation Unit detectives have arrested three people relating to a series of commercial burglaries, on high-end clothing stores, jewellers and Botox and cosmetic clinics, worth more than $750,000.
Investigators executed three search warrants at residences in Reservoir, Greenvale and Ascot Vale this morning.
It follows an investigation into a series of more than 25 alleged burglaries on businesses and commercial premises across metropolitan Melbourne since November 2024.
This includes six alleged burglaries on cosmetic and beauty clinics where more than $150,000 worth of Botox and cosmetic injectables were stolen, as well as high end clothing, jewellery, cosmetics and skincare.
During the searches, officers seized a combined $50,000 worth of Botox, injectables and fillers, drugs and a prohibited weapon.
A 50-year-old Reservoir man has been charged with 46 offences including burglary (x20), theft (x20), handling stolen goods, possessing a traffickable quantity of drugs and possessing prohibited weapon.
He will appear before Melbourne Magistrates Court later today.
A 33-year-old Ascot Vale woman and 41-year-old Greenvale woman were arrested and have been released pending summons.
