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Search for arsonists

POLICE are looking for witnesses to the two deliberate fires lit last week in Calwell and Richardson.

At around 9.50pm on Friday,  a fire was deliberately lit on a number of timber pallets in the dock area of Woolworths supermarket in Calwell, damaging the wall and stock from the supermarket.

Police said CCTV footage shows four males running from the supermarket into the rear car park of the Calwell Club and leave in two vehicles.

The second incident happened around 10.05pm, when a second fire was lit in a wheelie bin outside the IGA supermarket in Richardson. The CCTV footage captured a group of five males leaving the scene, four of whom appear similar to those depicted in the CCTV footage from Calwell.

The damage from the two fires is estimated at $90,000.

The first male offender is described as being 16-18 years old, approximately 173cm (5’8”) tall, with an athletic build and tanned skin. He was wearing a black hooded jumper and dark shorts with a vertical white stripe.

The second male is described as being 16-18 years old, approximately 170cm (5’7”) tall, with a stocky build and tanned skin. He was wearing a white hooded jumper and dark tracksuit pants with a white vertical stripe.

The third male is described as being 16-18 years old, approximately 170cm (5’7”) tall, with a medium build and tanned skin. He was wearing a navy hooded jumper and dark long pants.

The fourth male is described as being 16-18 years old, approximately 175cm (5’9”) tall, with wavy brown hair and was wearing a dark hooded jumper and dark tracksuit pants.

The fifth male, depicted in the CCTV footage from Richardson, is described as being 16-18 years old, approximately 168cm (5’6”) tall, with a slim build and was wearing a black hooded jumper and denim shorts.

Witnesses of the incidents in Calwell and Richardson areas are to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, or visit www.act.crimestoppers.com.au.

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