Sex and drug charges

The 46-year-old man has been charged with sexual offences and cultivating cannabis.

A MILLGROVE man was arrested last night and will face multiple charges in court after rubbing up against girls at Westfield Knox shopping centre last week.

Police said that on Tuesday 2 February the 46-year-old man walked through the shopping centre where people saw him rubbing himself through his clothing before approaching and rubbing up against several women.

Then on Tuesday 9 February detectives from Knox Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team (SOCIT) with Warburton police executed a search warrant in Patrick Street, Millgrove.

Police found 35 mature cannabis plants growing in the backyard of the property and the man was arrested and charged with 13 offences, including sexual offences and cultivation of cannabis.

He is expected to front Ringwood Magistrates’ Court on 25 July.