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SOUTH-EAST: Serious crimes, teens arrested

Friday, September 26, 2025

Moorabbin Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged two teenagers following a series of serious crimes across the southern suburbs of Melbourne.A 14-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy were arrested in relation to alleged aggravated burglaries, thefts, attempted aggravated burglaries, criminal damage and theft of motor vehicles.The offences are alleged to have taken place across Hughesdale,…

GREATER DANDENONG: 3D handguns seized at Springvale

A Springvale man is one of nine people arrested during a Firearm Prohibition Order operation across Greater Dandenong, Casey and Cardinia.The 27-year-old is accused of using a 3D printer to manufacture firearms before trafficking them throughout Mel-bourne.During the operation, police also seized imitation firearms and crossbows, as they targeted people already known to police who…

MONASH: ‘Armoury in Glen Waverley’

Detectives from the Illicit Firearms Squad arrested two people and seized 24 firearms – four of which were reported as stolen in the 1990s – as part of an investigation into an organised crime weapons cache ‘safe house’ which was being guarded by a sitter.During a separate investigation in March of this year, police became…

MELBOURNE: Officer struck by bottle

Melbourne Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating after a bottle was thrown, striking a police officer, at a protest in Melbourne.Investigators have been told the officer was on duty on Bourke St about 2.15pm on Sunday, August 31.A beer bottle was thrown by a man in the crowd towards the female officer.It struck her in…

SOUTH-EAST: 4 arrested after robberies

Police have arrested four people following a string of robberies across the south-east.The quartet were arrested and will be interviewed in relation to 11 incidents on Tuesday (Sep. 23), including:• armed robberies at a supermarket on Lyall Rd in Berwick, and fast-food outlets on Cranbourne-Frankston Rd in Cranbourne West, Jamieson St in Cheltenham and Nepean…

BOROONDARA: Crash at Camberwell

Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal crash in Camberwell.Investigators have been told a car crashed into a tree on Regent St, Camberwell, about 10.15am on Thursday (Sep. 25).Emergency crews were quickly on scene and treated the driver, a 91-year-old from Glen Iris, and his passenger, an 86-year-old woman from…

BRIMBANK: $700,000 theft at West Sunshine

Brimbank Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance after approximately $700,000 worth of machinery was stolen from a commercial hire business in Sunshine West.Investigators have been told offenders moved the machinery from the Vella Drive premises between 1am and 5am on Friday, September 12.An employee arrived at the business to find two large…

YARRA: Heartless theft at Richmond

Police are investigating a heartless theft of wigs set to go to very sick kids.Investigators have been told an unknown female entered the Lennox St, Richmond, business around 3.30pm on Monday, September 22.All staff were busy out the back of the store when the female placed four wigs into her jacket and a bag and…

MELBOURNE: Woman’s death probed

Melbourne Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman following an incident at an apartment in the Melbourne CBD.Emergency services were called to a property on Berkeley St after it was alleged a woman, armed with a knife, gained entry to an apartment on Tuesday (Sep. 23) just before…

WHITTLESEA: ‘Crime crisis in Yan Yean district’

Yan Yean district is in the grip of a crime crisis according to the latest crime data released, says Northern Victoria MLC Wendy LovellCrime Statistics Agency data for the City of Whittlesea reveals:• Residential aggravated burglary up 32 per cent• Stealing from a retail store up 36 per cent• Motor vehicle theft up a massive…