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BRIMBANK: Drugs discovery in stolen car

Friday, July 17, 2026

Melton’s Divisional Crime Tasking Team seized a traffickable quantity of drugs along with a rifle following the arrest of two men in an allegedly stolen car in Melton on Monday, July 13.The pair, a 36-year-old from Melton South and 37-year-old from Footscray, have since been charged with theft of motor vehicle and possess both cannabis…

MOONEE VALLEY: Essendon man, 20, linked to crime wave

Detectives from the Armed Crime Squad have charged a man allegedly tasking offenders with a number of incidents linked to the targeting of hospitality venues.With assistance from Operation Eclipse detectives, a search warrant was executed at a residential address in Essendon around 8.30am last Tuesday (July 14).A 20-year-old Essendon man has since been charged with…

MELBOURNE: Investigation into serious CBD assault

Melbourne Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating an assault in St Kilda which left a man in hospital with serious skull injuries.A man was ordering food from inside a fast-food restaurant on St Kilda Rd about 1.30am on Saturday, September 6 last year.A male offender approached and assaulted the victim resulting in the altercation spilling…

WYNDHAM: Weapons located at Hoppers Crossing

Police have charged a man after weapons were located in a vehicle in Hoppers Crossing on Tuesday evening, July 14.Police will allege there was an altercation between a group of people at a shopping centre on Heaths Rd about 4.45pm.Officers responded to reports of a man with a knife and arrested a 20-year-old Wyndham Vale…

HUME: Shots fired at Gladstone Park

Detectives from the Armed Crime Squad are investigating after shots were fired into a residential address in Gladstone Park.It is understood multiple shots were fired from a vehicle towards a Payne St house just before 11.15pm on Tuesday (July 14).The property is currently unoccupied and nobody was inside at the time.Police believe the incident was…

STONNINGTON: Sexual assault attempt at Kooyong

Bayside Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team are appealing for witnesses following an attempted sexual assault in Kooyong on July 14.Investigators have been told the two, a 67-year-old Toorak woman and a 39-year-old Glen Iris woman, were walking along Gardiners Creek with dogs near a reserve off Glenferrie Rd around 11.30am.An unknown male jumped…

WHITTLESEA: Cyclist injured at Wollert

Greensborough Highway Patrol officers are investigating a hit-run collision in Wollert on Thursday morning (July 16).It is understood two cyclists were travelling in the bicycle lane along Yann Drive about 12.50am, when one of the cyclists was struck by a vehicle.The driver of the vehicle, believed to be a black utility with a tray, did…

GREATER GEELONG: String of burglaries

Geelong Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged two men following a string of burglaries in Geelong West.Investigators allege two men gained access to several businesses along Pakington, Weller and Hope Sts in the early hours of July 9-15.It is alleged the following items were stolen from the businesses across the week:• jewellery to the value…

BENDIGO: Firearms seized at Eaglehawk

Two men have been charged after police seized several allegedly stolen firearms during search warrants in the Bendigo area.Detectives from the Western Region Crime Squad attended two properties in Eaglehawk as part of a firearm theft investigation on Wednesday (July 15).Upon searching the properties, officers seized three allegedly stolen firearms and a drone, which police…

NORTH-WEST: Niddrie, Maribyrnong men sentenced

Thursday, July 16, 2026

Three members of a Melbourne-based criminal syndicate, with alleged links to Italian organised crime, were sentenced on Thursday (July 16) for conspiring to import over 500 kilograms of cocaine into Australia from Papua New Guinea.The men were arrested in July 2020, after an investigation into a black flight by the Queensland Joint Organised Crime Taskforce…