Victorian escapee Lachlan Mitchell arrested, SA

Police have arrested wanted Victorian escapee Lachlan Mitchell and another man at Hackham West overnight, according to SA Police.

Police from the Serious and Organised Crime Branch, STAR and South Coast LSA attended at a Hackham West residential address about 12.30am on Saturday 12 November and arrested Lachlan Mitchell without incident.

Police arrested a second man at the address, a 25-year-old from Victoria, who is alleged to have assisted Mitchell from avoiding apprehension.

The investigation into an aggravated robbery at Mount Gambier on 10 November, where a man had his car stolen at gunpoint, is still continuing.

The two men have been refused bail and will appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Monday.

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