Police News

MELBOURNE: Police dismantle drug syndicate

Friday, June 5, 2026

Police have dismantled an alleged syndicate trafficking drugs, peptides and firearms and importing illicit tobacco.Investigations began last year into the alleged distribution of large quantities of cocaine, peptides and steroids, as well as firearms across Melbourne.The alleged criminal network came crashing down today, with eight people arrested during 12 search warrants across Melbourne, where police…

WHITTLESEA: 2257c sign Mernda police hours petition

Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Northern Victoria MLC Wendy Lovell (pictured) has tabled a petition with 2257 signatures calling on the State Government to ensure that Mernda Police Station is fully staffed and returns to being open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.Local people were “shocked and outraged” to learn that a second round of savage cuts to…

DAREBIN: Speedster nabbed in Reservoir

An alleged driver has been arrested after a stolen vehicle reached alleged speeds of 120-kmh in a 60 zone in Melbourne’s north in the early hours of last Tuesday morning (June 2) .Officers on patrol caught site of an allegedly stolen silver Subaru Liberty on Barry Rd in Campbellfield about 1am.Police kept eyes on the…

NORTH-WEST: Arrests over card skimming

Detectives from the Financial Crime Squad have charged two men allegedly associated with over $200,000 worth of fraudulent card skimming transactions linked to a Romanian organised crime syndicate.With assistance from detectives from Taskforce VIPER and Melton police, investigators executed warrants at two residential addresses in Melton South and Weir Views on May 28.A 38-year-old Melton…

HUME: Pedestrian injured at Westmeadows

A man arrested following a critical injury collision in Westmeadows last Tuesday night (June 2) has been interviewed by Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives.Emergency services were called to reports a car had hit a pedestrian at the intersection of Rhyll Court and Toora Drive about 5.50pm.The 61-year-old female pedestrian was transported to hospital with life-threatening…

MELBOURNE: Tools stolen at Southbank

Detectives are appealing for witnesses to a Southbank burglary, where an unsuspecting ride-share driver may have been cast as a getaway wheelman.Detectives believe an unknown male offender gained access to a business on City Rd via an unlocked door and made a phone call to an accomplice about 4.20am on Friday, April 17.Less than an…

NORTH-WEST: Flee attempt foiled

Two people who tried to run from a dumped stolen car have been arrested after police foiled their attempt to getaway in a rideshare vehicle.Broadmeadows Police members were patrolling on Wednesday morning (June 3) when they spotted a car on the wrong side of Johnstone St travelling contra-flow to the traffic in Gladstone Park about…

KNOX: Probe into Lysterfield crash

Monday, June 1, 2026

Highway Patrol officers are investigating a motorcycle crash in Ferntree Gully on Monday morning (June 1).The rider was travelling south along Lyserfield Rd when he crashed into railing before rolling down an embankment about 9.20am.The rider, a 32-year-old Narre Warren man, sustained life-threatening injuries and was transported to hospital.At the time of the incident, Highway…

WHITTLESEA: .211 reading at Lalor

Sunday, May 31, 2026

A driver has had his licence suspended and vehicle impounded after allegedly blowing four times the limit in Lalor on Saturday (May 30).Road Policing Drug and Alcohol Section officers set up an alcohol and drug testing site on Dalton Rd when a driver pulled in and returned an alleged evidentiary reading of 0.211.The alleged reading…

MORNINGTON PENINSULA: Driver blows .174

Saturday, May 30, 2026

A P-plater has had his license suspended and vehicle impounded after allegedly blowing nearly three and a half times the limit of a fully licensed driver in Mornington.Officers performed a routine intercept on the Holden Commodore utility on Roberston Drive about 12.55am on Monday, May 25.The 18-year-old driver was spoken to by officers before he…