Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Thursday, September 17, 2026
Marine Investigation Unit detectives are investigating the theft of a boat in Bundoora.It is believed unknown offenders have attended a university campus on Plenty Rd at 11.45pm on March 3.The unknown offender used a vehicle, described as a dark-coloured Toyota Prado, to steal the boat and trailer worth a combined total of $177,000.Detectives have released…
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Police are investigating an attempted armed robbery in Melbourne.Investigators have been told the victim was walking north along Anthony St from Abeckett St when he was approached by the offender walking the opposite direction about 4.45pm on February 15.The offender threatened the victim with a knife before demanding he hand over his mobile phone.The victim…
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Westgate Highway Patrol are investigating after a man died following a two-vehicle collision in Spotswood.It is believed a motorbike rider was travelling along the Westgate Freeway when they collided with another rider about 12.15pm on Wednesday, 5 March.The first rider, a 48-year-old Vietnamese national, sustained critical injuries and was taken to hospital where he later…
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Yarra Ranges Crime Investigation Unit detectives have interviewed four boys following a fire in Montrose on Saturday, March 15.Emergency services were called to reports of a fire at Dr Ken Leversha Reserve about 2pm.The fire quickly spread and caused damage to nearby properties.Four boys from the Yarra Ranges have since been interviewed by detectives.They were…
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Heathcote Police are investigating the theft of a much beloved disability-support horse from Axedale. ‘Rosie’ has helped over 100 children with disabilities as a therapy horse over the past two years. The mild-mannered equestrian is valued at $40,000 but means even more to the young children who ride her. Investigators have been told the horse…
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Major Drug Squad detectives have charged four people and seized commercial quantities of cocaine, various other drugs of dependence and a hydraulic press following a 14-month investigation in drug trafficking in Melbourne. A 41-year-old Williams Landing man was intercepted by the VIPER Taskforce on October 31 after he was observed in what will be alleged…
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Australian Federal Police Special Operation Avalite has charged a Victorian man with allegedly making death threats and antisemitic comments to a Federal Member of Parliament.The man, 41, was charged on Tuesday (Mar. 18) with:n One count of using a carriage service to menace, contrary to subsection 474.17 of the Criminal Code (Cth), which carries a…
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n Transit officers are investigating a homophobic assault which occurred in Mount Waverley.Investigators have been told a 30-year-old man and his boyfriend boarded a city bound train at Glen Waverley Railway Station about 4.30pm on February 9.The train arrived at Syndal Railway Station and the victim’s boyfriend alighted from the train.As the train was about…
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Police have arrested 12 people and seized a commercial quantity of cocaine, during a major operation targeting firearms, drugs, and persons of interest across Greater Shepparton. Between Monday March 10 and Saturday March 15, detectives from Shepparton Crime Investigation Unit, Divisional Response Unit and Crime Command’s VIPER Taskforce knocked on the doors of 21 homes…
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Transit Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating following a sexual assault in Dandenong. It is understood a 37-year-old woman was sexually assaulted when she was travelling on a Route 811 bus between Dandenong Railway Station and Brighton about 6.30am on February 17. Police were told the male offender boarded the bus at Dandenong Railway Station….
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