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MELTON: Bikes impounded at Diggers Rest

Saturday, November 1, 2025

Brimbank Highway Patrol officers impounded two motorcycles in Diggers Rest on Saturday afternoon (Nov. 1).Police observed the two motorbikes, both without registrations plates, riding in convoy north along Plumpton Rd about 12.30pm.Officers were able to intercept one of the motorbikes and spoke to the 40-year-old female rider from Deanside.Not only did she have outstanding matters…

KNOX: Bayswater shooting victim to hospital

Police are investigating a shooting in Bayswater on Saturday (Nov. 1).Emergency services were called to Station and High Sts just before 4pm where a man was located with a suspected gunshot wound.It is understood two men were seen arguing in a supermarket car park just prior to the incident.The victim was taken to hospital with…

SOUTH GIPPSLAND: Affray at Mirboo North

Police are investigating an affray in Mirboo North on Friday night (Oct. 31).Investigators were told an altercation occurred between two groups of people at a recreational reserve on Strzelecki Hwy about 9.45pm.A 19-year-old man, a 17-year-old girl and a 21-year-old man, all from Mirboo North, were assaulted during Halloween celebrations.They were taken to hospital with…

GREATER DANDENONG: Drunken drive-thru

Dandenong Police thought they had seen it all before responding to calls reporting a driver was asleep at the wheel in the drive-thru of a fast-food restaurant, in the early hours of Saturday morning (Nov. 1).Officers arrived at the Cheltenham Rd restaurant to find a man allegedly asleep at the wheel of a Toyota Camry…

WHITTLESEA: Father-son rule in Thomastown

State Highway Patrol North officers discovered a new definition for the father-son rule when they impounded two vehicles in Thomastown on Friday night (Oct. 31).Police caught sight of a silver Hyundai i40 driving at speed on the Metropolitan Ring Road about 8.25pm.The Hyundai was clocked travelling at an alleged speed of 138-kmh in a 100-kmh…

BRIMBANK: Firearms incident Albion

Police have charged a man following an alleged firearms incident in Albion.Officers were first called to reports a man was seen with a firearm outside a property on Forrest St about 1.40pm on Monday, Oc\tober 27.Uniform police and Critical Incident Response Unit officers were quick to attend and took the man into custody without incident….

DAREBIN: Assault at Reservoir

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding an assault in Reservoir.Emergency services were called to reports of a man with serious injuries inside a property on Spring St about 12.30am on Tuesday, October 28.It is understood he was involved in an altercation with two male occupants of the house.The man, believed to be in his 30s,…

BAYSIDE: Home inavsion at East Brighton

Southern Metro Region Crime Squad detectives are investigating a home invasion in Brighton East.It is understood two masked male offenders, armed with a knife, forced entry via a door to a home on Arnold Rd about 1.30am on Monday, October 27.The offenders were interrupted by a 76-year-old woman home at the time.One of the offenders,…

INNER-CITY: Drug raid at North Melbourne

North West Metro Regional Crime Squad detectives have charged two men following an investigation into an alleged aggravated burglary in East Melbourne on September 4.Detectives executed a search warrant at a storage facility on Pascoe Vale Road, Essendon on Monday (Oct. 27). During the warrant investigators located and seized various ammunition and a significant quantity…

YARRA RANGES: 2 arrests after Belgrave machete approach

Detectives have arrested two teens after a victim was struck with a machete in Belgrave.It is alleged that two victims, a man and a woman, were confronted by a group of males on Blacksmiths Way about 7.10pm on Wednesday (Oct. 29).One alleged offender struck the male victim with a machete before the group of males…