By Courtney Black
Police have charged a 40-year-old Lalor man with burglary and being equipped to steal at a Thomastown scrap metal yard, early Friday morning.
Police responded to an alarm at the Alyward Avenue factory at about 12.20am, an air wing and multiple units were involved in the search.
A man was allegedly seen running around the property and jumping onto a shipping container. He then jumped onto the roof of the factory and with nowhere left to go, was arrested.
The alleged offender has been bailed to appear at Heidelberg Magistrates’ Court on 22 January .
