A Tarneit teenager has been fined $1000 after being found with a machete at Pacific Werribee shopping centre on Wednesday.
Police responded to reports of six children causing trouble inside the shopping centre in Hoppers Crossing late on the afternoon of April 17.
About 5.45pm, officers located a group of boys at a nearby bus stop on Derrimut Road.
Police found a machete on one of the group, a 16-year-old boy from Tarneit, who was then arrested to confirm his identity and released.
He was issued with a penalty notice for possessing a controlled weapon and fined $1000.
