Police are requesting information from the public after a silver 2008 Toyota HiLux dual cab utility - registration plate number WNY-891 - was stolen from Glenormiston South overnight Wednesday.
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Detective Senior Constable Derek Verity, of the Warrnambool police crime investigation unit, said the owner heard the vehicle being driven off at 1am Thursday.
"The utility - registration WNY-891 - was stolen from Blacks Road at Glenormiston South about 1am Thursday," he said.
"We are very interested to hear about a black Holden Commodore seen in the area at about that time.
"We are requesting that anyone with information about the stolen silver HiLux ute immediately report details to police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000."
The theft continues a spate a crimes in the Mortlake and wider Corangamite region during recent days.
A silver Kia Sportage was stolen at knifepoint from a 52-year-old Jancourt East woman in a Camperdown car park mid afternoon on Monday.
A man charged with that offence has also been accused of committing an armed robbery soon after at a Cobden newsagency.
The Kia was found burnt out at Mortlake about 5.30pm Monday.
The penalty for aggravated carjacking, if proven, is a mandatory three-year jail sentence.
A Nissan Navara was stolen early last week from Naroghid, and believed to be used in offences at Mortlake, was found burnt out near Derrinallum.
A Colorado utility stolen from Mortlake was also used by offenders in a commercial chainsaw burglary at Coleraine earlier this week.
It was located burnt out on the outskirts of Geelong.
Anyone with information about any of the offending is requested to contact the Warrnambool police CIU on 5560 1153 or Crime Stoppers.
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