By CASEY NEILL
POLICE arrested two teens in Dandenong bushland over a series of incidents across the south-east.
Southern Metropolitan Regional Crime Team investigators, as part of Operation Cosmas, arrested a 19-year-old Moe man and a 17-year-old Dandenong youth following a short foot pursuit through bushland near Dandenong Creek in Dandenong shortly after 9.15am on Tuesday 5 July.
They charged the pair with armed robbery, car theft, theft, criminal damage by fire, conduct endangering life and possessing proceeds of crime.
The charges relate to a number of incidents including an alleged armed robbery at a bottle shop on Springvale Road, Springvale, about 11pm on 2 July; an alleged armed robbery where a vehicle was stolen on David Street, Dandenong, about 10.45pm on 4 July; an alleged armed robbery at a service station on Heatherton Road, Springvale, about 11.45pm on 4 July; an alleged pursuit on Chandler Road, Noble Park, about 11.55pm on 4 July; and a car fire near Dandenong Creek on Dandenong Street in Dandenong about 9.15am on 5 July.
The 19-year old is likely to face Melbourne Magistrates’ Court today and the 17-year-old has been remanded to face a children’s court at a later date.
