Police News

HUME: Shots fired at Gladstone Park

Friday, July 17, 2026

Detectives from the Armed Crime Squad are investigating after shots were fired into a residential address in Gladstone Park.It is understood multiple shots were fired from a vehicle towards a Payne St house just before 11.15pm on Tuesday (July 14).The property is currently unoccupied and nobody was inside at the time.Police believe the incident was…

STONNINGTON: Sexual assault attempt at Kooyong

Bayside Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team are appealing for witnesses following an attempted sexual assault in Kooyong on July 14.Investigators have been told the two, a 67-year-old Toorak woman and a 39-year-old Glen Iris woman, were walking along Gardiners Creek with dogs near a reserve off Glenferrie Rd around 11.30am.An unknown male jumped…

WHITTLESEA: Cyclist injured at Wollert

Greensborough Highway Patrol officers are investigating a hit-run collision in Wollert on Thursday morning (July 16).It is understood two cyclists were travelling in the bicycle lane along Yann Drive about 12.50am, when one of the cyclists was struck by a vehicle.The driver of the vehicle, believed to be a black utility with a tray, did…

GREATER GEELONG: String of burglaries

Geelong Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged two men following a string of burglaries in Geelong West.Investigators allege two men gained access to several businesses along Pakington, Weller and Hope Sts in the early hours of July 9-15.It is alleged the following items were stolen from the businesses across the week:• jewellery to the value…

BENDIGO: Firearms seized at Eaglehawk

Two men have been charged after police seized several allegedly stolen firearms during search warrants in the Bendigo area.Detectives from the Western Region Crime Squad attended two properties in Eaglehawk as part of a firearm theft investigation on Wednesday (July 15).Upon searching the properties, officers seized three allegedly stolen firearms and a drone, which police…

NORTH-WEST: Niddrie, Maribyrnong men sentenced

Thursday, July 16, 2026

Three members of a Melbourne-based criminal syndicate, with alleged links to Italian organised crime, were sentenced on Thursday (July 16) for conspiring to import over 500 kilograms of cocaine into Australia from Papua New Guinea.The men were arrested in July 2020, after an investigation into a black flight by the Queensland Joint Organised Crime Taskforce…

MELBOURNE: 3 charged over extortion

Three teenagers have been charged as part of an ongoing investigation into a series of extortion incidents at various tobacco stores in the Yarra and Mentone areas.Detectives from Yarra and Moorabbin crime investigation units executed search warrants at three properties on Tuesday morning (July 14)where three teens were arrested.A 17-year-old boy from the Broad-meadows area,…

KINGSTON: Collision at Mentone

Police are investigating after the rider of an electric scooter sustained life-threatening-injuries after being struck by two vehicles in Mentone on Thursday afternoon (July 16).Investigators have been told the rider was travelling south along Charman Rd when he collided into the side of a car travelling west along Balcombe Rd about 4.15pm.The rider fell from…

DAREBIN: Preston rider dies

A man died after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a vehicle in Preston on Thursday evening (July 16).It is understood the rider was travelling south on High St when he collided with a vehicle turning from Gower St into High St about 6.40pm.The rider, a man in his 60s, was treated at the…

MURRINDINDI: Local burglaries – 3 charged

Sunday, July 12, 2026

Alexandra Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged three men in relation to recent burglaries, thefts and criminal damage incidents that occurred across the Murrindindi Shire.Thousands of dollars’ worth of power tools, equipment and copper has been recovered by detectives as a result of executing search warrants in Alexandra, Kinglake West and Marysville.A 36-year-old man from…