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MARIBYRNONG: Posted, boasted, busted

Friday, November 7, 2025

A hoon who took to social media to boast that he had got away with doing a burnout in front of police has had his car impounded.Westgate Highway Patrol attended a car meet in Braybrook. The 19-year-old driver was allegedly mid-skid on Cranwell St when he spotted officers.The Point Cook man was issued with a…

VICTORIA: Clandestine labs dismantled

Detectives from the Clandestine Laboratory Squad have extradited the alleged ringleader of an organised crime drug syndicate from the Northern Territory as part of a three-year investigation into the illicit drug trade.The 55-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday (Nov. 4), before he was extradited back to Melbourne on Thursday afternoon.He was interviewed and subsequently charged…

PORT PHILLIP: Incident at Elwood

Thursday, November 6, 2025

Police are appealing for assistance from the public after a woman was injured while trying to stop her car from being stolen in Elwood.Investigators have been told two men were seen exiting a white Jeep and were trying to load a BMW sedan onto a trailer in Greig Ct about 11.45pm on Tuesday (Nov. 4).The…

MELBOURNE: Police hunt for offensive graffiti vandals

Detectives from Moorabbin Crime Investigation Unit have released CCTV and images of two men they believe may be able to assist following a spate of offensive criminal damage incidents in Elsternwick and Abbotsford.It is understood the two men used stencils to spray paint antisemitic signs at six locations in Elsternwick and two locations in Abbotsford…

STONNINGTON: $75,000 jewellery theft in Toorak

Stonnington Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance after nearly $75,000 of jewellery was stolen in a Toorak burglary.Investigators have been told a home on Gordon St was vacant between August 26 and October 13.During that time, two unknown men entered the property on what detectives believe were multiple occasions.A number of custom-made…

MITCHELL: Pursuit to Pucka

Police have charged a man after a fire truck was allegedly stolen in New South Wales and pursued by police into Victoria on Wednesday night (Nov. 5).Officers were notified about 8.20pm that a fire truck had allegedly been stolen from Bolton Rural Fire Service sheds.New South Wales Police had pursued the truck to Victoria and…

BRIMBANK: Sexual assault on Sunshine train

Transit Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man after he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman on a train in August.The man boarded an inbound train from Sunshine Railway Station about 1.30pm on Monday, August 25The 24-year-old victim, already on board the train, was seated towards the rear of the carriage when the offender came…

KINGSTON: $1m reward for Derek

Detectives from the Missing Persons Squad have announced a $1M reward for information in relation to the suspicious disappearance of Moorabbin man Derek Williams in 1987.Derek, who was 46 at the time, was reported missing by his housemate.He was last seen at his business, Williams Printing Services on Kilpa Rd in Moorabbin, at approximately 4.30pm…

WEST GIPPSLAND: Arrest after erratic driving

A man has been arrested following a pursuit and erratic driving in the state’s south-east on thursday morning (Nov. 6).Police received numerous calls for a silver hatchback with no number plates driving erratically in the Moe, Trafalgar and Drouin areas from about 8.30am.The Holden Astra was spotted on Bennett St in Moe before travelling along…

MELBOURNE: Stabbing in CBD

Melbourne Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following a stabbing in Melbourne’s CBD on Thursday morning (Nov. 6).Police will allege a 32-year-old man armed with a knife and acting erratically, ran through a shopping centre car park on Lonsdale St about 6am.Two bystanders gave chase, south along Elizabeth St, before detaining the man…