No one-hit surprise: thief caught after $60k vinyl spree

A Melbourne music collector has been needled after stealing greater than $60,000 price of vinyl records.

The 33-year-old North Melbourne man visited CBD digital shops at the very least 13 occasions over the previous 4 months and allegedly made off with a handful of LP records, police mentioned.

Unique or fashionable LPs can promote for tons of of {dollars} and sometimes recognize in worth over time, particularly when unopened or in mint situation.

After figuring out the document thief via CCTV footage, officers and retailer workers labored collectively to catch him within the act at a retailer on La Trobe Street on Wednesday.

More than 400 records have been seized in a subsequent raid on his North Melbourne dwelling, together with a small quantity of heroin and marijuana.

The man is predicted to be charged on summons, with investigators nonetheless figuring out if document thefts in close by suburbs are linked.