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Charges laid in armed robberies

18/04/2013

GREATER Dandenong’s Embona taskforce has arrested six people over three armed robberies in the south east.
Police executed search warrants on Monday (15 April) relating to robberies between 5 and 8 April at milk bars in Springvale and Mulgrave and a service station in Springvale.
An 18-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy from Hampton Park, a 19-year-old man from Springvale South and a 28-year-old man from Ferntree Gully were charged with one count of armed robbery.
A 25-year-old man from Springvale South and a 21-year-old Cranbourne West woman were charged with two counts of armed robbery.
They were remanded to face Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on 16 April.

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