Michaela Meade
The Melton Crime Investigation Unit was part of a police operation that led to the arrests of 30 people over last week in relation to street gangs and serious violent crime.
Operation Alliance has brought together uniformed and specialist police from the Brimbank and Melton Divisional Offender Management Team, Gang Crime Squad, Brimbank, Melton and Wyndham Crime Investigation Units.
The police operation saturated the northern and western suburbs each night between Wednesday and Saturday last week, and patrolled high volume crime areas, conducted compliance checks and apprehended any outstanding offenders.
Provisional results from the operation indicate police:
– Arrested and charged 31 people for a range of offences, including breach of bail, armed robbery, aggravated burglary, drug trafficking and theft related offences;
– Conducted 50 bail compliance checks, with 16 breaches detected;
– Checked 42 people with known gang affiliations across Wyndham and Brimbank;
– Intercepted and checked 173 vehicles, with 3 being impounded;
– A further 1,402 vehicles were checked through Automatic Numberplate Recognition Technology; and
– Issued 32 fines for breaches of the Chief Health Officer directions.
North West Metro Division three, Brimbank and Melton Superintendent David Jones said operations like alliance were important.
“We know operations such as these significantly improve community safety and reduce serious and violent offences being committed in the area,” Superintendent Jones said.
“Our work in this area does not stop – we will continue to monitor any persons of interest and regularly perform bail compliance checks, holding them to account.
“These results as part of Operation Alliance were part of a combined effort by local police officers and detectives from the Brimbank and Melton Local Area Commands, Wyndham Crime Investigation Unit, Gang Crime Squad and the Dog Squad.”
Police said a notable highlight from the operation included a vehicle interception on Wednesday night on the Melton Highway.
As a result of a search, investigators allegedly located a quantity of methylamphetamine and over $15,000 in cash along with numerous phones and other items, police said.
Two males, a 29-year-old and a 28-year-old were charged with trafficking a commercial quantity of drugs and dealing with the proceeds of crime.
