A Nightmare on Smith Street: St Kilda house a magnet for crime

By Nino Bucci, Beau Donelly
Updated July 25 2016 - 8:08pm, first published 12:01am
Local MP Martin Foley and police will hold a community forum on Tuesday to speak to worried residents. Photo: Chris Hopkins
Local MP Martin Foley and police will hold a community forum on Tuesday to speak to worried residents. Photo: Chris Hopkins
A police van parked in Smith Street last week. Photo: Wayne Taylor
A police van parked in Smith Street last week. Photo: Wayne Taylor
Police said their raid and overt presence led to five arrests. Photo: Jason South
Police said their raid and overt presence led to five arrests. Photo: Jason South

It's A Nightmare on Smith Street, a horror show of daytime drug dealing, wanton vandalism and terrifying burglaries linked to one house in a once-quiet St Kilda neighbourhood.

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