Police News

LATROBE VALLEY: Wrong side of road driver blows .176

Friday, July 24, 2026

Police from the La Trobe area took an alleged drink driver off the roads after receiving reports of a vehicle travelling on the wrong side of the road in Morwell on Friday morning (July 24).Officers responded after multiple calls were made to Triple Zero (000) for a vehicle travelling on the wrong side of the…

NORTH-WEST: $500,000 taken from ATMs

Moonee Valley Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged two men as part of an investigation into the alleged theft of nearly half a million dollars believed to have occurred during the transport of cash to and from ATMs.The men were arrested early yesterday morning following the execution of two warrants in Mickleham and Dallas.Detectives launched…

HUME: 5 arrests over carjackings

Friday, July 17, 2026

Police have arrested five people as part of an investigation into a series of carjackings in Melbourne’s north-west.Three of the five were arrested on Saturday, July 11, following reports several youths, some armed with weapons, were seen fighting near Southbank Promenade about 1.50am.Police responded and moved in on the trio after the allegedly stolen Hyundai…

BRIMBANK: Drugs discovery in stolen car

Melton’s Divisional Crime Tasking Team seized a traffickable quantity of drugs along with a rifle following the arrest of two men in an allegedly stolen car in Melton on Monday, July 13.The pair, a 36-year-old from Melton South and 37-year-old from Footscray, have since been charged with theft of motor vehicle and possess both cannabis…

MOONEE VALLEY: Essendon man, 20, linked to crime wave

Detectives from the Armed Crime Squad have charged a man allegedly tasking offenders with a number of incidents linked to the targeting of hospitality venues.With assistance from Operation Eclipse detectives, a search warrant was executed at a residential address in Essendon around 8.30am last Tuesday (July 14).A 20-year-old Essendon man has since been charged with…

MELBOURNE: Investigation into serious CBD assault

Melbourne Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating an assault in St Kilda which left a man in hospital with serious skull injuries.A man was ordering food from inside a fast-food restaurant on St Kilda Rd about 1.30am on Saturday, September 6 last year.A male offender approached and assaulted the victim resulting in the altercation spilling…

WYNDHAM: Weapons located at Hoppers Crossing

Police have charged a man after weapons were located in a vehicle in Hoppers Crossing on Tuesday evening, July 14.Police will allege there was an altercation between a group of people at a shopping centre on Heaths Rd about 4.45pm.Officers responded to reports of a man with a knife and arrested a 20-year-old Wyndham Vale…

HUME: Shots fired at Gladstone Park

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…