Woman arrested after newspapers dumped

Emerald police have arrested and interviewed a woman after large numbers of newspapers were allegedly dumped in Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs, Victoria Police say.

The bundles of newspapers were allegedly dumped between 16 June and 24 June across suburbs including Beaconsfield Upper, Narre Warren North, Pakenham Upper, Cockatoo, Yarra Glen and Yea.

A 54-year-old Narre Warren woman was arrested today.

She has been released and is expected to be charged on summons with obtaining financial advantage by deception and three counts of aggravated littering.

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