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Bomb scare man arrested

22/06/2015

A 27-YEAR-OLD man has been bailed after police rushed to a bomb scare in Doveton on Thursday morning.
Detectives were called to the Ti Tree Drive property just after 10.30am where they conducted a safety search on a car but by 1.30pm they had deemed the situation safe.
A Doveton man was arrested during the three-hour incident and was charged with handling stolen goods in relation to another matter.
He was released on bail to appear at Dandenong Magistrates’ Court in August.

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