BY ASHLEY GEELAN
Six youths have been arrested following an aggravated burglary and theft of two vehicles in Melbourne’s northeast last night.
Local police and Operation Trinity police were called to Finlayson Street, Rosanna about 4am yesterday.
Police allege six youths entered the home before stealing keys to a silver Mercedes sedan.
One person was home at the time and not injured.
The same offenders allegedly stole a Toyota wagon from a property on Tourello Avenue in Hawthorn East at about 6pm.
That stolen wagon was later dumped on Robinson Road, Hawthorn, where the Air Wing sighted the stolen silver Mercedes at about 8pm.
The driver fled and was seen travelling on the wrong side of several streets including on Warragul Road in Mt Waverley, reaching speeds of up to 140 kilometres per hour.
The offenders dumped the Mercedes on Illawarra Road, Hawthorn before fleeing the scene.
Following a short foot chase, with the assistance of K9, six youths were arrested at a property on Kooyongkoot Road.
Two 16-year-old boys, a 16-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy, all from the LaTrobe Valley area, a 15-year-old boy from the Port Phillip area and an 18-year-old Healesville man are being interviewed by police.
