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A hundred TVs stolen in Melbourne

Police are investigating the theft of 111 televisions from Chadstone shopping centre in Melbourne's southeast.

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Two brazen thieves have driven away with more than 100 televisions from a Melbourne shopping centre.

The 111 TVs were delivered to a loading area at Chadstone shopping centre on Friday morning and were to be transferred to a warehouse at Oakleigh South.

Two men turned up in a white truck about 5pm (AEDT) under the guise that they would deliver the TVs to a large retail store.

They loaded up the truck and took off with the loot, worth more than $200,000.

Detective Senior Constable James Howden said the thieves were very brazen and seemed to be well organised, knowing the delivery times.

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"They were very confident," he told reporters on Monday.

"They did it during the day. They didn't try and mask their faces or disguise themselves."

Det Sen Const Howden said the thieves will be looking to offload the large flat-screen TVs of varying sizes, all still in their boxes.

"If someone's trying to sell one to you in the pub I'm sure you'll be aware it's stolen," he said.


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