WEST: Illegal construction waste dumping
Yarra Crime Investigation Unit detectives have arrested a man following an investigation into illegal dumping of construction waste across Melbourne’s western suburbs.
It is alleged numerous unauthorised truckloads of construction waste were dumped across various sites belonging to a construction company in Richmond, between 2020 and 2023.
Detectives will allege those who dumped the waste would receive a payment for their involvement, which subsequently cost the construction company almost $2 million to clear from their sites.
Investigators executed a search warrant at a property in Canadian and arrested a 46-year-old Ballarat man on Wednesday (May 7).
He was interviewed and released pending further enquiries. The investigation remains ongoing.

