Archives for March 2025

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MELBOURNE: Woman charged with money laundering

Thursday, March 27, 2025

Australian Federal Police have charged a Melbourne woman as part of a money laundering investigation that resulted in the 2023 seizure of luxury watches, gold bullion and cash valued at almost $400,000. The woman, 43, wasexpected to appear before Melbourne Magistrates’ Court after she was arrested at her Braybrook home. The AFP will allege the…

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MELBOURNE: Online child abuse charges

A Melbourne man has been sentenced to two years and two months’ imprisonment, to be released after four months on a Commonwealth Recognisance Release Order, after a match on a dating app referred him to police.   The Hamlyn Heights man, 45, was sentenced in the County Court on Tuesday (Mar. 25) after pleading guilty…

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FRANKSTON: Stolen car crashes at Langwarrin

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a collision involving a stolen car in Langwarrin on Tuesday night (Mar. 25). The allegedly stolen Nissan Pulsar collided with a second vehicle on North Rd, at the intersection of McClelland Drive, about 10.15pm. The unidentified male driver of the stolen vehicle was taken to hospital with serious but…

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CASEY: 3 charged after Lyndhurst death

Homicide Squad detectives have today charged a further three males following a fatal stabbing in Lyndhurst. An 18-year-old Seaford man and an 18-year-old Cranbourne North man were arrested at a hotel in Box Hill. A 17-year-old boy from the southeastern suburbs was then arrested in the Dandenong area. All three were interviewed by police and…

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MELBOURNEWIDE: Offender targets copper at rail stations

Transit Divisional Response Unit police are investigating a number of copper thefts throughout the railway network across Melbourne. Since the beginning of this year, the offender has stolen copper cables at a number of locations on the Mernda and Hurstbridge lines. On March 14 a male arrived at Bell Railway Station in a silver VW…

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KNOX: Man dies after Wantirna South crash

Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives are investigating after a man died in hospital following a crash in Wantirna South on Tuesday afternoon (Mar. 25). It is believed the vehicle was traveling on Stud Rd when it crashed into a concrete pole just after 1.30pm. The driver, a 66-year-old Bayswater woman, was taken to hospital with…

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WYNDHAM: 2 men arrested over shop fires

Detectives from Taskforce Lunar have arrested two men as part of their investigation into a series of arson attacks which are believed to be linked. Two search warrants were executed at residential addresses in Werribee and Point Cook. A 19-year-old Werribee man was charged with three counts of criminal damage by fire, theft of motor…