A taskforce of detectives from the Hobsons Bay crime investigation unit launched raids on 14 properties in Altona North,Hoppers Crossing,Laverton North,Niddrie,Roxburgh Park,Sunshine and Williamstown over the past week,following a major investigation of the robbery.
Ghazi Haddara,32,from Hoppers Crossing,was charged with two counts of theft to the value of approximately $7.3 million and failing to provide police with a phone PIN number.
Mr Haddara was granted bail and was due to appear at a filing hearing in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Friday.
Ghazi Haddara is the cousin of Mohammed Haddara,28,whom he witnessed being killed in an Altona North park in June 2009 by Ali Chaouk,who shot Mohammed Haddara in the back five times.
Chaouk is serving a 24-year sentence over the killing.
A 33-year-old Sunshine man was also charged with two counts of possessing the proceeds of crime and failing to provide police with a phone PIN number. He was granted bailed and is due to appear before the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court in September next year.
Detectives also arrested a further seven men,who were released without charge pending further enquiries.