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HOBSONS BAY: 40 drivers busted

Sunday, November 16, 2025

Police caught 40 drink and drug drivers during a major road policing operation on the Princes Fwy last weekend.Operation Leviathan, which was conducted over Friday and Saturday night (Nov. 14-15), saw police conducting high volume alcohol and drug testing on the Princes Fwy at Altona, targeting impaired drivers.Police conducted 3998 preliminary breath tests, with 40…

GREATER GEELONG: Mitsubishi madness at Belmont

Friday, November 14, 2025

Police have caught a woman who carries a zero-alcohol limit on her licence, behind the wheel and allegedly more than four times the standard blood alcohol limit in Belmont on Thursday (Nov. 13).Officers responded to reports of a substance affected woman behaving erratically in a car park on High St about 2.30pm.The woman, who was…

BALLARAT: Church damaged

Ballarat Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following an arson in Ballarat on Thursday (Nov. 13).It is alleged the man was seen acting erratically by witnesses inside a church on Lydiard St South about 3pm.Police allege the man set a lectern, altar and other antique furniture alight before smashing a window and fleeing…

NORTH: ‘Post and Boast’ pair accused

Detectives from Fawkner Divisional Response Unit have charged two people following an affray in Broadmeadows last month.Police were called to an altercation between two groups in a carpark on Pascoe Vale Rd about 7.20pm on October 10.Police will allege the altercation continued in a nearby shopping centre.The groups fled the scene in a silver Honda…

MANNINGHAM: Boys injured at East Doncaster

Manningham Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating after two 13-year-old boys were injured and had their electric motorcycles stolen in East Doncaster.Investigators have been told the pair were riding along Koonung Creek Trail when they were approached by two unknown males shortly after 5pm on Monday, November 10.The offenders assaulted one of the boys and…

WEST: Purusit started at Truganina

A man has been arrested following a pursuit and subsequent collision in Melbourne on Tuesday morning (Nov. 11).Police noticed a minivan travelling on Leakes Rd, Truganina, about 4am.The van was of interest to police in relation to an ongoing investigation.The van was covertly followed along the West Gate Freeway until it exited at the Kings…

PORT PHILLIP: ‘Wee’ problem for Balaclava driver

Moorabbin Highway Patrol officers thought they had heard it all before an alleged speeding driver declared he was busting for a wee and didn’t realise what the speed limit was.Police caught sight of a white Volkswagen driving at speed on Hotham St in Balaclava about 11.30pm on Tuesday (Nov. 11).The Volkswagen was clocked travelling at…

HUME: Seizure at Dallas

Broadmeadows police have charged a man after a shotgun was seized from a vehicle in Dallas.Officers were called to reports a man slumped over in the driver’s seat of stationary vehicle in a carpark off Dobell Place about 8pm on Tuesday (Nov. 11).Initial reports suggested the man may have been subject to an overdose.Police arrived…

WYNDHAM: PSO charged

Professional Standards Command detectives have charged a Protective Services Officer following a collision in Truganina last year.The sergeant, from Transit Safety Command, allegedly falsely nominated the driver involved in a collision on October 6, 2024, while off-duty.He was charged on summons with attempt to pervert the course of justice and obtain financial advantage by deception.The…

KNOX: Guard assaulted at Wantirna South

A man has been charged after a security guard was allegedly assaulted at a Wantirna South shopping centre precinct on Cup Day.The 19-year-old was arrested after he was found asleep in a car which had allegedly been broken into at Ringwood.Detectives from the Knox Crime Investigation Unit later charged the Thornbury man with 12 offences…