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BANYULE: Truck rollover closes Lower Plenty Rd

Thursday, February 27, 2025

11.50AM UPDATEAll lanes have been re-opened through the intersection of Lower Plenty Road, Rosanna and the Greensborough Highway, following a truck rollover. Traffic delays on Lower Plenty Road and Greensborough Highway are expected to ease quickly. EARLIER:All citybound lanes of Lower Plenty Rd, Rosanna are closed between the Greensborough Hwy and Rosanna Rd, due to…

STATEWIDE: Surge in car thefts

Tech savvy thieves are behind a surge in car thefts across the state. Increasing numbers of cars are being stolen from residential streets, driveways, and other community locations, where no associated burglary, robbery, or carjacking takes place. While there are instances where people leave their keys in their car, most commonly in these thefts, the…

BOROONDARA: Police car rammed at Hawthorn East

Police have charged a man following an alleged dangerous driving incident where a police vehicle was rammed in Hawthorn East on Wednesday (feb. 26). It is alleged in an attempt to evade police a white BMW bearing false plates became wedged between a bollard and the front of a convenience store on Toorak Rd about…

PORT PHILLIP: Drug trafficking in Port Melb.

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

A man and a woman have been charged with trafficking drugs, following an investigation into the alleged cultivation and distribution of illicit substances in Melbourne’s south. Following enquiries, officers from the Prahran Divisional Response Unit executed a search warrant at a home on Webb Road, Port Melbourne, just before 6am on Tuesday (Feb. 25). Police…

GREATER GEELONG: Alleged Nazi salute, 7 charged

Police have charged seven men who allegedly performed the Nazi salute at a venue in Geelong on Saturday February 8. The charges follow an extensive investigation into an image circulating online which depicted a group of men performing the prohibited gesture. Detectives from Geelong Crime Investigation Unit retrieved CCTV footage from the Bell Park venue…

GREATER DANDENONG: Arsonsists target acai shop

Greater Dandenong Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for information to help locate the getaway vehicle used following a ram raid and suspicious fire in Dandenong. Emergency services responded to reports of a fire at an acai shop on the Princes Hwy about 3.55am on Tuesday, February 18. It isbelieved a stolen grey Hyundai Tucson…

MELBOURNE: Home invasion in Carlton

Melbourne Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating a home invasion in Carlton in the early hours of Saturday morning. It is believed two unknown males riding their pushbikes stopped outside a residential premises on Drummond Street when a verbal altercation occurred between the occupants and the two unknown males about 1.30am. One of the occupants…

GREATER DANDENONG: Police uncover 930 edged weapons

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Victoria Police has announced a record number of knives were seized from Victorian streets in 2024, with almost 40 blades found and destroyed each day. This announcement follows the recovery of 930 samurai swords, zombie knives and katana swords from within a Dandenong South factory by the Springvale Divisional Response Unit. The investigation commenced after…

CASEY: 13-y-o nabbed after Cranbourne carjacking

A 13-year-old boy has been arrested by police following aggravated carjacking in Cranbourne. Police have been told two friends were sitting in their car, in a carpark off Thompsons Rod, when they were approached by a male about 12.10am. The boy engaged the pair in conversation before he made demands for the car and produced…

HUME: Stabbing arrests at Broadmeadows

Quick work by the Air Wing led to the arrest of four teenagers following a stabbing in Broadmeadows on Monday night (Feb. 24). Police were initially called to a retail store carpark off Pearcedale Pde, following reports of a stabbing and fight between males, about 7.30pm. A 40-year-old man and an 18-year-old boy, both from…