Police News

WYNDHAM: ‘Not a Play Station game’

Friday, March 13, 2026

Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives are investigating a fatal collision in Hoppers Crossing on Friday morning (Mar. 13).It is alleged that a stolen grey Skoda sedan with seven teenage occupants was pursing the occupants of a Toyota sedan, in what appears to be an attempted carjacking along Derrimut Rd just after 12 midnight.As the vehicles…

MERRI-BEK: Fatality at North Coburg

Emergency services responded to a single car collision in Coburg North on Friday night (Mar. 13).It is believedthat the vehicle was travelling on Trade Place about 5pm when it crashed into a pole. One person died at the scene.The other person was taken to hospital in a critical condition.The investigation into the circumstances of the…

HUME: Drive-by shooting at Roxburgh Park

Sunday, March 8, 2026

Fawkner Divisional Response Unit are investigating after shots were fired at a property in Roxburgh Park.It is understood offenders arrived outside a property on Ravenhill Boulevard in a vehicle about 2.10am Sunday (Mar. 8).Police were told several shots were fired at the house from the passenger side of the vehicle, before it fled the scene.Six…

NORTH-EAST: 5 charged after spate of burglaries

Alexandra Crime Investigation Unit and Yarra Ranges Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged five men following a series of burglaries, thefts and criminal damage incidents rom November15 and January 12.It is alleged thousands of dollars of equipment and property were damaged and stolen.The burglaries took place in Narbethong, Buxton, Marysville, Taggerty, Devils River, Rubicon, Kinglake…

BALLARAT: Thefts from house sites

Detectives from the Ballarat Criminal Investigation Unit and Divisional Response Unit have charged a man after seizing stolen goods including copper in Sebastopol.Investigators executed a search warrant at a property on Vale St, Sebastopol, about 8:35am on March 4.They immediately arrested a 38-year-old man who was allegedly in the process of stripping copper from stolen…

MOUNT ALEXANDER: Aggravated burglary at Castlemaine

Central Goldfields Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged two teens following an aggravated burglary in Castle-maine on Thursday morning (Mar. 5).It is alleged the pair gained access to a residence on Reckleben St and stole keys to a 2025 Toyota Prado about 3am.The Toyota was stolen and later tracked along the Calder Hwy into Sunbury…

MARIBYRNONG: Firearms seized at Kingsville

A man has been charged and several firearms, tasers and ammunition seized as part of an investigation into the manufacturing of illicit firearms in Melbourne’s west.Detectives from the Illicit Firearms Squad executed a search warrant at a Bishop St residence in Kingsville about 8am on Friday (Mar. 6), arresting a 49-year-old man allegedly manufacturing and…

EAST GIPPSLAND: Lakes Entrance fatality

Police are investigating a fatal crash in Lakes Entrance on Saturday (Mar. 7).Emergency services were called to reports a car crashed into an embankment and rolled on Princes Hwy, near Lake Bunga Beach Rd, about 11.30am.The driver and sole occupant died at the scene. The investigation into the circumstances of the crash is ongoing.

PENINSULA: Clocked at 200-kmh on freeway

A man has been charged after allegedly driving double the speed limit and evading officers in Chelsea Heights.Moorabbin Highway Patrol officers spotted a silver Volkswagen Passat allegedly travelling at a fast rate of speed north along Mornington Peninsula Freeway about 2.10am Saturday (Mar. 7).It is alleged the vehicle, with five people onboard, was detected at…

CASEY: Narre Warren armed robbery – 3 teen girls arrested

Police have arrested and charged three teenage girls following an armed robbery at a shopping centre in Narre Warren.Officers were called to the centre on Overland Drive about 5.20pm on Saturday (Mar. 7) after report three girls threatened a 34-year-old Narre Warren woman with a knife and hammer and demanded her car keys.The victim initially…