Police make furry discovery after responding to terrified resident in Melbourne’s outer-east

Police have made a furry discovery after responding to a terrified resident’s concerns in Yarra Junction last night.

Police rushed to the property shortly after 11:30pm, expecting to bust a burglar in the act, but instead found a koala looking up at them from a dog bed beside the back door.

“I think I’d rather have a burglar break into my house!” 3AW Breakfast host Ross Stevenson said.

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“That is fantastic,” Stevenson said.

Senior Constable from Mooroolbark Police Brittany Darvell was the officer on the scene, and said it was “definitely a shock” when she found the koala!

“We were definitely ready for something sinister to happen, and then to see the koala was definitely a sigh of relief,” Constable Darvell told Ross and Russel.

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Image: Victoria Police