Police have charged a man after a stolen car was allegedly dumped in Frankston this morning.
A retired member called police when he spotted a suspicious vehicle in Mordialloc around 2.15am.
He had followed the car through various roads in the vicinity of White Street and Warren Road.
Local police responded and the Air Wing was called in to track an allegedly stolen Holden Cruze sedan.
Officers attempted to intercept the vehicle before it allegedly sped off southbound towards Mordialloc and Aspendale.
Stop sticks were successfully deployed on Cranbourne Road near Joyce Street in Frankston North.
The car allegedly continued on before it came to a stop on Beach Street in Frankston.
With the assistance of Airwing, the alleged driver of the vehicle was arrested by police a short time later.
A 30-year-old man Chelsea man has been charged with nine offences including theft of motor vehicle, drive at speed dangerous, unlicensed driving and handle stolen goods.
He has been remanded to appear before Frankston Magistrates' Court on 16 August.
Victoria Police has been specifically targeting burglars and car thieves each night since March 2023.
Operation Trinity, which runs from dusk until dawn across Melbourne is easily Victoria Police's most well-resourced frontline policing operation at present.
Since March 2023, there has been 70 additional police including Dog Squad, Public Order Response and Air Wing rostered each night, on top of existing patrols.
As a result of this intense focus, police have made over 1,450 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.
