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NORTH: Lewd act on train

Saturday, November 29, 2025

Transit Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance after a man was allegedly committing a lewd act on the rail network.Investigators have been told the man was first seen performing the act at Southern Cross Railway Station before boarding a Craigieburn bound train about 3.30pm on October 26.It is alleged the man continued…

HUME: $33m in meth seized at airport

Two New Zealand nationals faced Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (Nov. 25)charged for their alleged roles in a 36kg methamphetamine importation at Melbourne Airport.Australian Border Force officers seized the illicit drugs on Monday (Nov. 24) after selecting two women, both aged 22, for a baggage examination following their arrival on a flight from Malaysia into…

MELBOURNE: Visa breaches alleged

An Eritrea-born man was expected to appear before Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Thursday (Nov. 27) charged with allegedly failing to comply with his visa-mandated conditions.The AFP charged the man, 38, after he was located in Melbourne.It will be alleged the man breached the conditions of his Commonwealth visa by failing to observe his residential curfew…

VICTORIA: Firearms parts import attempt

The Australian Federal Police are calling for public assistance to identify a criminal syndicate allegedly responsible for the attempted importation of hundreds of firearm parts into Melbourne from the USA.Law enforcement became aware of the importation attempts in June. A consignment containing an engine block and two engine transmissions was identified as concealing more than…

GREATER SHEPPARTON: Drugs seized at Arcadia

Friday, November 28, 2025

Shepparton police and Highway Patrol officers arrested a man and women after seizing a commercial quantity of drugs in Arcadia on Thursday night (Nov. 27).The white Hyundai Tucson was travelling north along the Goulburn Valley Fwy when police conducted a random intercept of the vehicle just after 8pm.The front seat passenger of the vehicle allegedly…

CARDINIA: Double impound

Police impounded two vehicles after the Air Wing allegedly caught them drag racing in Officer on Thursday night (Nov. 27).The Air Wing was patrolling the Princes Fwy when they spotted the Holden Commodore and Ford Falcon allegedly drag racing about 10.30pm.The vehicles were allegedly doing burnouts and driving at excessive speeds before heading to a…

MELBOURNE: Charges over protest

Police have arrested two people as part of the investigation into a protest in Melbourne where police were allegedly assaulted.Detectives from the North West Metro Regional Crime Squad have been investigating the protest which occurred on Saturday, October 19, in Melbourne.It is alleged that a counter protest group attended and hurled rocks, glass bottles and…

GOLDEN PLAINS: Woman, 84, charged

Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives charged an 84-year-old woman following a fatal collision that claimed the life of a six-year-old boy in Teesdale.It is alleged the boy was hit by a vehicle as he was walking to school on Bannockburn-Shelford Rd just after 8am on March 27 and died at the scene.The vehicle involved allegedly…

HUME: Drugs, firearms seized

North-West Metro Regional Crime Squad detectives arrested three men and allegedly seized drugs and fireworks in Glenroy.Police executed a search warrant at a King St, Dallas, address on Tuesday (Nov. 25)and seized steroids and fireworks.A further search warrant was executed at a retail premises on Belair Avenue in Glenroy where it is alleged cocaine, cash…

GREATER SHEPPARTON: Cannabis seized in raids

Police have charged a Springvale man after hundreds of cannabis plants were seized following two search warrants in Shepparton and Kialla.Shepparton Crime Investigation Unit detectives and Shepparton Divisional Response Unit officers executed the first warrant at a property on Marungi St, Shepp-arton, about 8.30am on Wednesday (Nov. 26).Police located what is alleged to be 269…