Meth lab busted
THREE men have been remanded in custody after police raided a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory in Mount Dandenong.
The men, aged 40, 43 and 34, were arrested by Croydon Divisional Tasking Unit (DTU) officers on 24 September when a drug search warrant was executed.
Each has been charged with manufacturing amphetamines and the 34-year-old man was also wanted for an incident in Healesville on 9 September.
The man is believed to have crashed a car in Healesville which had a stolen trailer that had been taken from Gembrook on 2 September.
In the trailer was a large amount of copper wiring, valued at $15,000.
Lilydale Criminal Investigation Unit charged the man with several offences relating to the incident.
Croydon DTU Acting Senior Sergeant Mick Duke said the Department of Human Services was dealing with the children of the arrested men, who were living in and around the laboratory.
All of the men appeared at Ringwood Magistrates’ Court and have since been remanded in custody.
Guard robbed
POLICE are appealing for information after a security guard was robbed at Lilydale train station earlier this month.
At 9.30am, the security guard found a graffiti mural on a train and was approached by two males.
The men demanded that the security guard hand over his phone and left when he had done so.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Pharmacy raids charges
A COCKATOO man was arrested last week and faces a slew of burglary charges after raiding pharmacies in Mount Evelyn and Wandin.
Yarra Ranges CIU Detective Sergeant Mark Smithwick said the 27-year-old man was arrested on 25 September after a number of burglaries across the outer east.
Sgt Smithwick said the man was charged over burglaries on 4 August at a Wandin pharmacy and 23 July at a Mount Evelyn pharmacy, as well as burglaries on 3 July in Forest Hill, 2 July at a Neerim South pharmacy and a home in Ringwood on 4 February.
He is also believed to have stolen a car, which was burnt, on 5 August.
He has been charged with the five burglaries, theft of a motor car and property offences and has been remanded in custody.
