PORT PHILLIP: 2 arrested at Port Melb.
Frankston Crime Investigation Unit detectives arrested two men in Port Melbourne on Tuesday afternoon (Mar. 11) as part of an ongoing investigation into a series of offending in Melbourne’s southern and eastern suburbs between December last year and March.
Officers intercepted an allegedly stolen Lexus on Salmon St about 12.35pm.
Three police cars were used to prevent the stolen car from driving away, before the Lexus allegedly rammed two of the police cars and a civilian’s vehicle.
Detectives extracted the driver and the passenger from the Lexus.
A taser and OC spray was deployed to effect the arrest of a 19-year-old Carrum Downs man and a 19-year-old Seaford man.
The Carrum Downs man was transported to hospital for assessment.
No police members were injured, and the vehicles involved sustained moderate damage.
It is understood the Lexus was stolen during an aggravated burglary on Jamieson Court, Cape Schanck between March 10-11.
Both men were to be interviewed by detectives.