Teenagers charged
Two teenage boys have been charged with attempted robbery at a Mill Park tobacconist last week. Police were called to the Smokemart and Giftbox store in Plenty Valley shopping centre about 2.15am last Wednesday after a report of a break-in. Helicopters and the dog squad were deployed and a 16-year-old Heidelberg boy and a 17-year-old Lalor boy were located underneath a car in Dion Close, Lalor.
Chemical warehouse burns
More than 50 firefighters battled a blaze at a Broadmeadows factory last Wednesday night. The Metropolitan Fire Brigade was called just before 10pm to a chemical warehouse and manufacturing complex on Camp
Road.
Free vaccines
The state government will reintroduce free whooping cough vaccines for expectant parents and parents of newborns after a significant increase in cases of pertussis, commonly called whooping cough. Parents will be eligible for the free vaccine as soon as the expectant mother enters the third trimester and until the baby is six months.
Stabbings investigated
Two stabbings within two hours
kept Mill Park detectives busy last Tuesday morning. Senior Constable David Meneilly said the incidents were unrelated and detectives were still investigating the connection between the victims and their attackers.
