Dragnet Delight- Senior Constable Juilan Quirit with Detective Senior Constable Michael Thompson, Detective Sergeant Geoff Rumble and Detective Senior Constable Paul Stow are conducting Operation Deli

By Lia Bichel
POLICE are executing hundreds of outstanding warrants across the City of Casey and encouraging people to hand themselves in.
About 50 police officers from across Cranbourne, Narre Warren, Endeavour Hills and members of the operation Response Unit recently started tracking down people with warrants as part of Operation Delight.
Detective Senior Constable Michael Thompson said there were hundreds of people across the City of Casey with warrants for a wide range of offences.
“The warrants vary from everything to everything,” he said.
“There are some warrants out for serious assaults, shop steals or burgs and some warrants for people who had driving offences or thefts. Some people just missed their court dates. We understand some people missed by accident, but there are some people who deliberately tried to avoid their court date.”
Det Sen Cons Thompson said police will be knocking on doors or tracking down people with warrants.
He said those hauled would be taken to the Narre Warren police station where their cases would be processed. The majority of people will be bailed out to appear in court at a later date.
“The rare person will be remanded, but we haven’t had to do that yet,” Det Sen Cons Thompson said.
He encouraged those who had a warrant for their arrest to turn themselves in.
The operation is similar to the one run by the Springvale police in June.
In two days, Springvale police checked 180 addresses in the area searching for people with warrants for their arrest.
The warrants dated back to 2007.
The police hunt resulting in 33 arrests with a total of 40 warrants relating to 75 various offences.
Springvale Sergeant Mick Hughes said police’s combined efforts to find people with outstanding warrants were helping to clean up crime off of streets.