In short:
A 20-year-old Point Cook man has been arrested and charged with 30 theft-related offences after a Werribee police investigation into alcohol thefts at retail liquor stores across the area. The arrest was made during Operation Kodak, a month-long Wyndham operation that has now resulted in 36 offenders arrested and 140 alcohol theft charges laid.
Point Cook man charged over alcohol thefts
A 20-year-old man has been arrested and charged over an alleged string of alcohol thefts from liquor stores across Point Cook.
Police allege the man is behind a series of thefts committed at retail liquor stores throughout the Point Cook area over a four-month period.
Search warrant executed at Point Cook property
Officers executed a search warrant at a residential property in Point Cook on Saturday 29 August 2026, as part of Operation Kodak.
The 20-year-old Point Cook man was arrested at the property, with police seizing numerous items allegedly connected to the theft offences.
He was charged with a total of 30 theft-related offences, and remanded to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Sunday 30 August 2026.
Operation Kodak nets 36 arrests across Wyndham
The arrest is the latest result of Operation Kodak, a uniform policing operation run throughout August by police in Werribee, targeting repeat offenders committing alcohol thefts at retail liquor stores across the Wyndham area.
The operation has so far resulted in 36 offenders arrested and 140 alcohol theft-related charges laid. Of those charged, 13 are under the age of 18, 22 have been charged with multiple theft offences, and six have been charged with 10 or more incidents of alcohol theft.
Police say the operation also included a focus on crime prevention strategies with retail liquor stores throughout the Wyndham policing area.
Latest in a run of police operations across Wyndham
The arrest follows a string of recent police operations and arrests across Wyndham, including Hoppers Crossing men charged over an alleged tobacco cash smuggling operation, a teenager arrested after allegedly fleeing police on a stolen scooter in Hoppers Crossing, and a learner driver charged after an alleged drink-driving chase through Werribee and Hoppers Crossing.
