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ROBBERS stole $120, a mobile phone and iPod from an Officer man walking through a park in Dandenong last week.
The 20-year-old got on the train at Officer just before noon on 28 July and left the train at Yarraman Station.
Police said he noticed three men boarding the train at Dandenong Station. While walking through a pathway leading to Greaves Reserve, two of the three men on the train approached him and asked to use his mobile phone.
The 20-year-old obliged and the man put the mobile phone in his pocket then produced a knife.
He threatened to kill him if he told police, and then stole the 20-year-old’s wallet, containing $120, and his iPod.
The Frankston Embona Taskforce is investigating the robbery. Information to Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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