Two luxury cars have been stolen from a Point Cook home in the latest of a spate of crime in Melbourne’s western suburbs.
A CCTV camera captured the moments while thieves drove away a Mercedes and a BMW after ransacking the house. The thieves managed to break into the house without waking the family sleeping inside.The thieves also stole a handbag and a laptop computer before driving away with the high-end cars.The young family is relieved that the thieves did not harm them.
The thieves arrived in a stolen car which they parked a short distance from the home they targeted, and then calmly stole a white Mercedes and parked it next to the get-away car. They then stole the second luxury car, a blue BMW, and the convoy of the stolen cars drove away.
Source: 7 News
Source: 7 News
“I am actually glad that they did not come upstairs. They just took whatever they needed and they went away. All I know is when I woke up I heard the exhaust and they took off… they took the cars and took off,” a young male told 7 News.
The Tuesday morning incident was closely preceded by an incident of aggravated burglary that left a young Indian family terrified in Williams Landing. Police were involved in a dramatic chase before four teenagers were arrested for the Williams Landing incident.