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- Friday 11 September 2026 at 9:56 am
Armed Crime Squad detectives charged five people following an armed robbery at a licensed gaming venue in Hawthorne East yesterday morning.
It is alleged four offenders attended the commercial premises on Burwood Road about 1.20am on Thursday, 10 September.
Invesigators will allege they were armed with knives and confronted the victim, making demands for money.
They allegedly stole cash and fled the scene.
The victim, a staff member inside the venue at the time, was not physically injured.
Armed Crime Squad detectives subsequently arrested a man and woman in an allegedly stolen Subaru Forester SUV in Glen Waverley yesterday morning.
The 43-year-old ACT man was charged with armed robbery, aggravated burglary, theft of motor vehicle and use controlled weapon without excuse.
The 32-year-old ACT woman was charged with armed robbery, aggravated burglary and theft of motor vehicle.
They were both remanded to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court today.
With assistance from Moorabbin Crime Investigation Unit detectives, another man was arrested as he exited a shopping centre on Nepean Highway in Cheltenham yesterday.
The 37-year-old man was charged with armed robbery, aggravated burglary, burglary and theft.
They were remanded to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court later today.
Another teenage boy and woman were later arrested in Ricketts Point carpark in Beaumaris yesterday afternoon.
The 17-year-old boy from the ACT was charged with burglary, theft, armed robbery and aggravated burglary.
He will appear at a children’s court today.
The 20-year-old woman has been charged with possess a drug of dependence and possess proceeds of crime.
She was bailed to appear at Moorabbin Justice Centre on 27 November.
The charges for the 17-year-old boy and 37-year-old man also relate to an alleged burglary at an RSL in Box Hill overnight on 8 and 9 September.
Kathryn Muffett
Media Unit
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