Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Police have charged a man following a theft in Fraser Rise on Thursday morning (Oct. 2).It is alleged that two offenders stole copper wiring from a construction site on Taylors Rd before fleeing in a vehicle about 4.20am.The vehicle was tracked to Edith St in Tarneit where the offenders got out and fled on foot.One…
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Melbourne Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a 15th person following an alleged affray and assaults which occurred in Mel-bourne in August.Police will allege the men assaulted people in Kings Domain around 5pm on Sunday, August 31.Detectives arrested a 35-year-old Berring-ama man in Albury on Wednesday (Oct. 1).He has been charged with violent disorder, affray,…
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Three men have been charged over their alleged involvement in the trafficking of cannabis across Melbourne’s south-east.The three-month long investigation culminated in the discovery of 400kg of cannabis, as well as traps that were allegedly set up inside the factory.Detectives from the Caulfield Divisional Response Unit executed two search warrants – one at a factory…
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Melbourne North police are appealing for public assistance after a water fountain in the Carlton Gardens was vandalised.Police have been told unknown offenders vandalised the fountain outside the Royal Exhibition Building on Nicholson St sometime between 6pm on September 19 and 6am on September 20.Two phrases were painted in black and red paint thrown on…
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Detectives from the Icarus Taskforce have charged a man after border-controlled drugs were located at a property in Melbourne.A warrant was conducted at a property in A’Beckett St, Melbourne, about 8am on September 26 following an investigation into alleged drug importation and trafficking through the post.A 39-year-old man was arrested at the scene and the…
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A blitz undertaken on Chapel St retailers over two days last week has resulted in seizures of illegal vaping goods with a street value of over $40,000 and more than 24,000 nicotine pouches.The operation, enforcing the Australian Government’s vap-ing laws, was carried out by the Therapeutic Goods Administration and Victoria Police at a number of…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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