Victoria Police respond to stabbing and high-speed chase

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Victoria Police had a busy night, responding to a stabbing in Melbourne’s CBD and a high-speed chase involving a 16-year-old reaching speeds of 200 km/h. New data reveals youth crime is the force’s largest operation, consuming over 140,000 hours of police time last year.

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00:00It's becoming an all-too-familiar scene for Victoria Police.

00:07Officers combing Melbourne's streets and collecting evidence after a 19-year-old was stabbed and

00:12left with serious injuries.

00:14The alleged attacker has yet to be found.

00:16Since forming in 2023, Victoria Police's overnight task force fighting youth crime

00:22has become the force's biggest operation.

00:24In the past year alone, Operation Trinity used 140,000 policing hours and spent more

00:30than 1,000 hours in the sky.

00:33Burglars and car thieves were the biggest target, with 1,650 arrests carried out.

00:39And of them, more than 65 per cent were for children aged between 10 and 17.

00:43We're seeing people steal cars and then they're speeding at excessive speeds up the freeway.

00:49Just last night in the city's outer west, officers were led on a high-speed chase that

00:54started in Berwick after a 16-year-old boy allegedly stole a car from a home.

00:59He was spotted by police travelling at 200 kilometres an hour on the Princess Highway

01:03in Narre Warren, before almost crashing into another car.

01:08Officers deployed tyre spikes, but the car continued to race up the Monash Freeway, again

01:12at high speed, before being dumped in Dandenong North.

01:16Members of the dog squad found the 16-year-old hiding nearby.

01:20A 16-year-old criminal with no driving experience, hooning down the highway with complete disregard

01:26and reckless abandon in relation to any consideration for everyone else.

01:30It's just disgraceful.

01:31The 16-year-old has been charged with multiple offences, including theft of a motor vehicle

01:36and reckless conduct endangering life.

01:39This afternoon, he was granted bail and he'll face a children's court at a later date.

01:44We'll do our role and we'll just continue to take them before the courts and charge them.

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