Laptop leads Vic police to drugs, weapons

Police in Melbourne have recovered drugs, firearms and cash after a woman used tracking software to locate her stolen laptop.

A computer keyboard — A stolen laptop computer has led police to a cache of drugs, weapons and cash in Melbourne. (AAP)

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Published 4 October 2015 12:08pm

Updated 4 October 2015 7:44pm

Source: AAP

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A stolen laptop computer has led police to a cache of drugs, weapons and cash in Melbourne.

A woman used tracking software on the computer, stolen from her car in Maidstone, to trace it to a house in a Sunshine west street, police say.

Police charged three men with a range of offences after they searched the house on Saturday, finding the laptop, four firearms, ammunition, a stun gun, cash and drugs.

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