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SOUTH-WEST: $1.2m drugs seized

Saturday, March 8, 2025

Police have dismantled an alleged drug trafficking network following an investigation into the importation and distribution of a commercial quantity of ketamine in Victoria’s south-west. Detectives from Warrnambool Crime Investigation Unit, with support from Icarus Taskforce, commenced an investigation earlier this year after Australia Border Force detected approximately six kilograms of illicit drugs, with an…

MELBOURNE: $35,000 swindler faces sentencing

Friday, March 7, 2025

A Melbourne man charged as part of an international police takedown of a cybercrime platform has been ordered to pay $34,990 compensation for fraud-related offences. The man, 21, was sentenced on Friday (mar. 7) in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court after pleading guilty on Monday (Mar. 3) to seven charges.  In addition to the compensation order, the…

NORTH MELBOURNE: Bottle shop thief returns

North Melbourne police are appealing for public assistance after a number of thefts from a local liquor store. Investigators have been told that a man has entered a premises Canning St, North Melbourne, on at least 31 separate occasions and has stolen alcohol. The thefts have occurred between February 24, 2024 and February 25, 2025…

MELBOURNE: Attempted kidnapping probe

Melbourne Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating an alleged attempted kidnapping which occurred in Melbourne last year. Investigators have been told the victim, a 36-year-old woman, was contacted on November 4 by people purporting to be from Chinese immigration and police. They told her her phone number had been used in local scams. The victim…

KINGSTON: Car fire at Patterson Lakes

Moorabbin Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating after a stolen car was set alight in Patterson Lakes last month. A stolen orange 2017 Holden Commodore sedan bearing stolen registration plates XQA765 collided with the barriers on Thompson Road at Mornington Peninsula Freeway overpass in Patterson Lakes at 11.40pm on 26 February. The driver was collected…

MELBOURNE: Identity theft case makes it way to Court after Lynbrook raid

A Melbourne man was expected to face the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Thursday (Mar. 6) after allegedly trying to steal mobile numbers from unsuspecting victims of identity theft.   An Australian telecommunications company last year alerted the Australian Federal Police that multiple attempts had been made to port mobile numbers to its network using potentially stolen…

GREATER GEELONG: Teen with gun on flight at Avalon Airport

Thursday, March 6, 2025

Detectives from Victoria Police Crime Command are investigating an incident in Avalon on Thursday afternoon (Mar. 6). Officers were called to the airport about 2.20pm after a male had entered a commercial flight armed with a firearm. A 17-year-old boy was detained by crew and passengers on the flight. At this stage officers believe the…

WHITTLESEA: Man dies after Wollert crash

Greensborough Highway Patrol are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal motorcycle crash in Wollert on Thursday morning (Mar. 6). It is understood a male motorcyclist left the roadway and crashed into a barrier on Epping Rd about 3am. The rider sustained life-threatening injuries and later died in hospital.

YARRA: House fire at Cremorne

Fire Rescue Victoria responded to a structure fire at 2.30am Thursday (mar. 6) on Wellington St, Cremorne. following multiple calls to Triple Zero reporting a house fire. Crews arrived on scene within six minutes to find a single-storey brick home well alight. Occupants of neighbouring houses were forced to evacuate as the flames threatened their…

MOIRA: Tobacco seized at Cobram

Police from the VIPER Taskforce have arrested a man and seized illicit tobacco and cash as part of an investigation into the sale of illicit tobacco in regional Victoria. A warrant was executed at an address on High St, Cobram at 1.35pm on Wednesday (Mar. 5) Over 27,000 illicit cigarette sticks, approximately 7kg of illicit…