Police have this week arrested a man in relation to a string of car thefts at locations including Castlemaine, Bendigo and Melbourne.
The Bendigo man aged in his 20s was arrested in Castlemaine on Monday morning, Castlemaine’s Senior Sergeant Darren McQueen said.
“He was arrested in relation to the theft of cars in Castlemaine, Bendigo, Melbourne, all the way up the highway basically – about nine vehicles in this area. The cars were quite often found burnt out.”
Following his arrest the man has appeared in the Bendigo Magistrates Court charged with multiple counts of motor vehicle theft and other offences including related traffic offences and arson offences.
He has been remanded in custody and investigations by the Central Goldfields Crime Investigation Unit are ongoing.