Officers from the Public Order Response Team (PORT) arrested three offenders after they allegedly abandoned a stolen car in Narre Warren South this morning.
Police located the unoccupied car with the engine still warm on Lake View Drive just before 3am.
With the assistance of a police dog, officers located and arrested three offenders hiding in a nearby front yard.
A 22-year-old Dandenong man, a 23-year-old Doveton woman and a 23-year-old Narre Warren man were charged with theft of motor vehicle, theft from motor vehicle, traffick and possess a drug of dependence and handle stolen goods.
The three will front Melbourne Magistrates’ Court this morning.
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