Police have charged three men following multiple alleged commercial burglaries overnight in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs.
Officers were initially alerted to a stolen white Toyota Hilux travelling south along Eastlink about just before 4am.
With assistance from the Air Wing, officers deployed stop sticks on Wellington Road before the vehicle continued southwest, turning into Birkley Court, Noble Park.
All three offenders jumped from the slow moving vehicle which then slowly rolled into a house, causing minor damage.
The trio allegedly fled on foot before they were arrest by CIRT and Dog Squad officers.
A 36-year-old Seaford man sustained an injury to his lower leg during his arrest.
He was taken to hospital in a non life-threatening condition and has since been discharged.
A 34-year-old Blackburn man and a 25-year-old Frankston were also arrested.
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Five counts each of burglary, criminal damage and theft. One count of theft of motor vehicle and possessing a drug of dependence.
They have been bailed to appear at the Ringwood Magistrates’ court on the 19 September.
No one was inside the Birkley Court home at the time of the crash.
Whitehorse Crime Investigation unit detectives continue to investigate the series of commercial burglaries which include the following closed restaurants and convenience stores:
Café on Middleborough Road, Box Hill North at about 3am
Restaurant on Middleborough Road, Box Hill North just after 3am
Restaurant on Burwood Highway, Burwood about 3.30am
Restaurant on Station Street, Box Hill North just after 3.30am
A grocer on Station Street, Box Hill North about 3.40am
Cash and cigarettes were located inside the stolen Toyota following the arrest and police will alleged these items were stolen during the incident.
The Toyota was allegedly stolen from outside a gymnasium in Berwick on 19 July.
