Four men have been charged in relation to an aggravated home invasion in Altona Meadows in January.
Police will allege that four men attended a Victoria Street address around 8.30pm on Monday, January 20 in a stolen vehicle, forcing entry into the property before threatening the occupants.
A man living at the address was assaulted and taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
A second man fled from the address but was subsequently caught by the offenders, who allegedly made demands for money or threatened to shoot him.
As part of the investigation, police became aware of a second incident in Shepparton earlier that same day.
It will be alleged two men entered the residential property, causing significant damage, before driving to Altona Meadows to commit the second offence.
Investigators will allege that this offence was carried out on the orders of person based overseas in exchange for payment.
Police executed search warrants at residential addresses in Dallas and Westmeadows on April 23.
Two men, a 20-year-old from Dallas and a 21-year-old from Westmeadows, have been charged with aggravated home invasion, extortion and intentionally cause injury.
The duo will appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court later today.
Two other men, a 19-year-old from Meadow Heights and 20-year-old from Craigieburn, were both located and arrested in New South Wales earlier this year and have since been extradited to Victoria.
They were charged with aggravated home invasion, extortion, intentionally causing injury, burglary, criminal damage and theft of motor vehicle and remanded in custody to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on May 13.
