SOUTH-EAST: Spate of armed robberies
Southern Metro Crime Squad officers are investigating a series of armed robberies which occurred in the south eastern suburbs on Tuesday (May 20).
Investigators have linked 10 incidents which occurred at service stations between 7pm and 10.30pm and involved 4-7 offenders using a machete.
It is believed the offenders arrived at the service stations in either a stolen grey 2020 Kia Picanto hatch with Queensland registration 298-DFS or a 2007 Toyota Aurion sedan registration 1BQ-1OF which was stolen during one of the robberies.
• Four males entered a service station on Boundary Rd near Lower Dandenong Rd, Braeside, around 7.10pm. Cigarettes were stolen.
• Four males entered a service station on Greens Rd, Dandenong South, about 7.15pm and stole cash.
• Four males attended a service station on Frankston-Dandenong Rd, Dandenong South about 7.30pm and stole cash.
• Five males entered a service station on Thompsons Rd, Cranbourne North about 7.40pm and stole cash.
• Four males attended a service station on Heatherton Rd, Narre Warren North about 8.15pm and stole cigarettes, personal items and the Toyota Aurion.
• Five males attended a service station on Canterbury Rd, Ringwood, about 9pm and stole cash.
• Five males entered a service station on Whitehorse Rd, Blackburn, about 9.20pm and stole cash registers and confectionery.
• Four males attended a service station on Dandenong Rd, Clayton, about 9.40pm and stole cash and cigarettes.
• Five males attended a service station on Heatherton Rd, Noble Park, about 10pm and stole cigarettes.
• Five offenders attended a service station on South Gippsland Highway, Cranbourne North. about 10.25pm and stole cash and cigarettes.
No one was injured in any of the armed robberies.
The Toyota has since been recovered and investigations into the incident remain ongoing.