Stolen property charges, Buddina

Key points

• Police have charged a 22-year-old Aroona man over a theft in Buddina on Sunday, 25 October. It is alleged he stole a backpack from outside a shopping centre on Point Cartwright Drive at about 4pm.
• Officers arrested him on Alexandra Parade in Alexandra Headland shortly before 5pm after he allegedly ran off on foot. Police say a knife was found inside the backpack, which was located nearby.
• He faces charges of unlawful possession of stolen property, possessing a knife in a public place and failing to properly dispose of a needle or syringe.