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Stolen car, shredded tyre

By Monique Preston

Feb 4, 2025

Police have charged a man after a stolen car was found in Mooroopna. Photo by Rechelle Zammit

A shredded tyre, a newly changed tyre and a stolen car.

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That’s the scenario that greeted Mooroopna police on a residential street on Tuesday, February 4.

Mooroopna police Senior Constable Malcolm Brady said a car that was stolen from the Melbourne suburb of Oak Park on Sunday, February 2, was found by police parked in a Mooroopna street at 9am on Tuesday morning.

A shredded tyre was nearby and Sen Constable Brady said a new tyre had been put on the Mitsubishi Lancer.

A 28-year-old Shepparton man was arrested and has been charged with theft of a vehicle.

He has been bailed to appear in Shepparton Magistrates’ Court at a later date.

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