Detectives from North West Metro Regional Crime Squad have charged two men and a woman following their arrest in Moonee Ponds yesterday for an alleged spate of offending across various Melbourne suburbs.
A 48-year-old man from Pascoe Vale has been charged with:
• Aggravated intentional exposure of police office to risk by driving x 6
• Driving in a dangerous manner
• Resisting police
• Trafficking a commercial quantity of methyl-amphetamine
• Possessing methyl-amphetamine
• Possessing 1,4-Butanediol
• Dealing with property suspected of being proceeds of crime x 2
• Refusing a preliminary breath test
• Using a false document
A 33-year-old woman from Point Cook has been charged with:
• Contravening bail conditions x 2
• Failing to answer bail
• Dealing with property suspected of being proceeds of crime
A 36-year-old man from Ascot Vale has been charged with:
• Burglary x 9
• Attempted burglary x 3
• Theft x 7
• Theft of motor vehicle
• Attempted aggravated home invasion
• Intentionally causing injury
• Dealing with property being proceeds of crime x 2
• Possessing methyl-amphetamine x 1
All three will appear in Melbourne Magistrates' Court later today.
The trio were arrested just after 12pm yesterday afternoon in Murray Street after they allegedly rammed two police cars and attempted to flee on foot.
The charges relate to alleged incidents in suburbs including Armadale, South Yarra, Maribyrnong, South Morang, Campbellfield, Lynbrook, East Melbourne, and Sunbury since July.
The investigation remains ongoing.
