A call to police from a member of the public has caught three men red-handed, stealing copper in Kilsyth.
A good Samaritan called police regarding the suspect behaviour of three males on Mount Dandenong Road around midday yesterday, September 23.
The males, all wearing hi-vis vests, had cordoned off a telecommunications pit with the appearance they were working.
Police will allege they used their vehicles to extract copper wiring from the pit.
On police arrival, two males fled in a dark-coloured SUV with a trailer attached, east of Canterbury Road.
One male was detained and resisted arrest with officers forced to deploy capsicum spray.
A 44-year-old Watsonia North man has been charged with theft, resist an emergency worker, possessing a drug of dependence, driving whilst disqualified and using a fraudulent registration label.
He has been bailed to appear at Ringwood Magistrates Court on December 11, 2024.
The other two male offenders are yet to be located.
