TWO MEN have stolen a safe loaded with cash from a Dandenong solarium.
Police this week released security footage of the two men who broke into the Body Bronze Suntan Salon in Dandenong Plaza overnight on 29 and 30 April in hope that someone can identify or give information leading to their arrest.
Detective Senior Constable Stuart Freeman said the two men broke into the salon by throwing a concrete pit cover through the shop’s exterior.
The men were captured on both Dandenong Plaza and store surveillance footage as they stole a safe from the salon that police said was full of cash.
The two men are described as being between 25 and 35 years old, medium builds, short dark-coloured hair, and both tall.
AN 18-YEAR-OLD Dandenong North resident was slashed on the forearm after refusing a doorknocker’s request to use his toilet and be given money for a taxi.
Police said the stabbing weapon had a sharp edge, but they were not certain whether it was a knife or another sharp object.
The incident occurred between 9.45am and 10am on 20 April at a property in Halton Road.
Police said a man believed to be unknown to the victim knocked on the door and asked the 18-year-old if he could use the toilet and have money to catch a taxi.
Police said the 18-year-old refused the man’s requests, and that the man then slashed the teen across the top of his forearm causing a 7cm gash that required immediate medical attention.
The man then fled on foot.
The attacker is described as male, about 182cm tall, solid build, early to mid 20s, of Southern European appearance, dressed in black and wearing a black baseball cap.
A DOVETON man was rushed to Dandenong Hospital with a broken jaw after a pool hall brawl in Dandenong last week.
Police said that two 23-year-old men at Potters Pool Hall in Lonsdale Street, Dandenong, became involved in an argument at about 10.30pm on Thursday 3 May.
One punched the other in the jaw, causing it to break.
Police arrived and one man from Edithvale was arrested. Police have interviewed the man but have not laid charges.
The Doveton man was taken to Dandenong Hospital for treatment.
THIEVES stole a boat and trailer loaded with fishing equipment from a Noble Park home on 30 April.
Police said that thieves used bolt cutters to break a gate at a property in Jellicoe Street, Noble Park, in the early afternoon on 30 April.
They then used the cutters once more to free the boat and trailer from a chain, and jemmied open a garage door to swipe six lifejackets and 24 fishing rods, loading them into the boat as they escaped.
Police estimate that the theft’s value is $18,000.
Police are calling for witnesses to the theft, or anyone who may know the whereabouts of the stolen goods.
The boat is a 1985 Bellboy with half-cabin, off-white colour with a blue half canopy and registration HL159.
It has a Suzuki 60 horsepower on board motor.
The trailer has a registration of L3900.
POLICE discovered $9000 worth of the illicit drug ‘speed’ during a search of a car in Dandenong.
Police said a patrol unit conducted a check on a nearby vehicle but were provided with a fake identity.
Police then proceeded to search the vehicle, unearthing 48 grams of the amphetamine ‘speed’ and two glass pipes.
Police charged a 24-year-old Hampton Park man with possessing and trafficking amphetamines, driving while suspended, and supplying a false name and address.
The man will appear before Dandenong Magistrates’ Court on 22 August.
