Victoria Police rescued a drunk alleged thief from a boat 200m offshore at Capel Sound. Photo / news.com.au
Victoria Police rescued a drunk alleged thief from a boat 200m offshore at Capel Sound. Photo / news.com.au
A police officer has had to strip down to his undies and swim out to rescue an alleged thief who was clinging to the back of a boat after she decided she was too intoxicated to return to shore.
Police were called to Capel Sound on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula atabout 7.30pm on Thursday following reports a drunk man and woman had swum 200m out to a boat moored offshore.
Police allege the pair were looking to steal alcohol from the boat but found none.
The 59-year-old man abandoned the woman and swam back safely to shore, while the 46-year-old woman decided she was too drunk to swim and stayed aboard.
A police officer then took off all his clothes except for his underwear and swam out to rescue the Rosebud woman, who was clinging to the back of the vessel.
Police reported the woman did not even realise the man coming to rescue her was an officer until he identified himself, read her rights and helped her back to shore.
Police then searched a handbag the woman had left on the shore and it allegedly contained methamphetamines, cannabis and Valium.
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The woman was charged with three counts of possessing a drug of dependence, being drunk and disorderly in a public place, tampering with a vessel, attempting to take charge of a vessel while under the influence of liquor and committing an indictable offence while on bail.
