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PORT PHILLIP: Shot fired at St kilda, 6 arrested

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Port Phillip Crime Investigation Unit detectives continue to investigate after a firearm was discharged during an affray in St Kilda on Sunday, August 3.Officers arrested three women and three men following the incident in the vicinity of Park and Mary Sts about 11.15am.Police attended the scene after several callers to Triple Zero (000) reported a…

GLEN EIRA: Police car rammed at North Caulfield

Police have arrested two men after a police vehicle was rammed.Officers spotted the allegedly stolen white Honda in the Caufield North area about 4am Monday (Aug. 4).The vehicle was later located by officers on Matlock Court.The Honda rammed a police van before the two occupants attempted to flee on foot.The two officers inside the police…

STONNINGTON: Man chased through Chadstone

Police have charged a man after an allegedly stolen vehicle was followed through multiple suburbs before it crashed into a shopping centre in East Malvern.Officers spotted the stolen Hyundai on Blackburn Rd in Glen Waverley about 9am on Monday (Aug. 4).Air Wing followed the vehicle through Mount Waverley and Oakleigh East before it fled towards…

MELBOURNE: Police crackdown on hoons

Three people have been charged as police crackdown on an alleged group of hoon motorcyclists performing stunts for social media.The alleged group of riders have been the subject of a thorough investigation by Greensborough Highway Patrol, after reports of the group riding dangerously on Melbourne’s busiest freeways and roads over the last few months.It is…

KINGSTON: Shooting at Hampton

Saturday, August 2, 2025

Armed Crime Squad detectives have charged a second person following an incident where a man was shot in Hampton.The 18-year-old from Frankston was arrested by Armed Crime and Fugitive Squad detectives at a property in Frankston on Monday, July 29.He was subsequently charged with intentionally cause serious injury, conduct endangering life, contravene firearm prohibition order,…

KINGSTON: Meth trafficking charge

Police have arrested and charged a man with trafficking methylamphetamine after seizing $40,000 worth of the drug in Moorabbin.Members from the Caulfield Divisional Response Unit executed a search warrant at a business on Alex Avenue about 8am on Monday, July 28.Detectives located and seized quantities of cash and several types of drugs, including 150gm of…

MONASH: 80-kmh over limit

Nunawading Highway Patrol officers were left shaking their heads after they picked up a P-plater more than 80-kmh over the limit in Glen Waverley last Wednesday morning (July 30).The driver was first spotted travelling outbound on the Monash Fwy, near Blackburn Rd, travelling more than 130-kmh in the 100-kmh zone about 12.15am.Police, who were performing…

PORT PHILLIP: Drug offences at South Melbourne

Prahran Police have charged an alleged prolific thief after seizing a myriad of drugs and stolen items from South Melbourne.Officers from the Prahran Divisional Response Unit executed a search warrant at the unit on Park St, South Melbourne, at 6.45am on Wednesday (July 30).Inside, police uncovered several items including drugs and allegedly stolen goods:• Methylamphetamine…

PORT PHILLIP: Charges over synagogue arson

The Victorian Joint Counter Terrorism Team has charged a man over his alleged role in the arson that severely damaged the Adass Israel Synagogue in December.The Werribee man, 21, has been charged with arson, conduct endangering life, and and theft of motor vehicle.The offence of arson carries a maximum penalty of 15 years’ imprisonment, while…

CORANGAMITE: 5 times over limit at Ecklin South

A driver has lost his licence after crashing his car whilst allegedly being five times over the alcohol limit in Ecklin South.Police responded to reports a car veered off Warrnambool-Cobden Rd, continued through mud and crashed into a tree about 10pm.The driver, a 22-year-old man, was not injured and allegedly attempted to hide from police…