Police have charged a man after an extended follow through Melbourne's southeastern suburbs in an allegedly stolen vehicle this morning.
A Toyota hilux was allegedly stolen from outside a property on Botanic Ridge in Cranbourne South overnight.
With assistance from the Air Wing, police followed the vehicle through multiple suburbs to Brighton.
It is alleged the 18-year-old driver then dumped the car before he was arrested on Seymour Grove.
The Cranbourne South man has been charged with theft of motor vehicle, reckless conduct endangering life, reckless conduct endangering serious injury, dangerous driving whilst being pursued by police, deal property proceeds of crime, going equipped to steal and other traffic related offences.
He has been bailed to appear before Dandenong Magistrates' Court on 2 December.
Operation Trinity, which runs from dusk until dawn across Melbourne is Victoria Police's most well-resourced frontline policing operation at present.
Additional Dog Squad, Public Order Response and Air Wing police members are rostered each night, on top of existing patrols.
As a result of this intense focus, police have made over 1,400 arrests relating to burglaries and car thefts in the past twelve months.
A further 6,600 people have been processed for other offences detected by police working nightshift across the Trinity area of operations.
