By Brendan Rees
Cranbourne police are appealing to help find a car stolen from Cranbourne East.
Police say a 2011 Holden Commodore sedan, registration 1LI-4KP, was allegedly stolen from a nature strip in Benedetto Crescent sometime between Wednesday 4 October at 11pm and Monday 6.30pm on 9 October.
The owner of the car, Daniel, who declined to reveal his surname, said he had returned from holidays when he made the discovery, adding “It was a “pretty sickening feeling.”
“It’s shaken me up quite a bit unfortunately,” he said.
“It was really strange because it took me a couple of minutes to register that it wasn’t there.”
He said he was not sure how the car was taken.
Daniel said he checked all his house doors and windows where the keys were kept inside, adding “as far as I could see it was all enclosed.”
He said he only moved into his home about five months ago before realising “there’s all this crime in the area.”
“It’s absolutely ridiculous. I’ve tried to save as much money as I could to buy a house comfortably but then moving into an area where there is so much of this happening, it’s absolutely disgusting people can get away with this stuff.”
He said he did not feel safe in his own home now.
“Any noise that I could hear, I’m constantly turning on the lights and looking outside.”
Constable Regan Ballard of Cranbourne police said they were investigating the matter and appealed for any witnesses with information to contact Cranbourne Police.
“Unfortunately they’ve taken it while he’s been away. It’s just gone and we haven’t been able to recover it yet,” Constable Ballard said.
“We’re investigating it further and searching for the car. We don’t condone any of the behaviours and any offenders will be caught and prosecuted.”
Anyone with information is advised to contact Cranbourne police on 5991 0600.
