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KNOX: Drug seizure at Bayswater

Friday, June 13, 2025

Police have seized approximately $1.5 million worth of cannabis from an industrial area in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs as part of an ongoing investigation into commercial drug trafficking.Detectives from Croydon Divisional Response Unit executed two search warrants at two factory sites in the Bayswater area on Thursday (June 12).Upon entering the adjoining factories, detectives uncovered two…

STONNINGTON: Fatality at Malvern

Prahran Highway Patrol officers are investigating a collision in Malvern on Thursday night (June 12.It is understood a car struck a pedestrian on Malvern Rd, near the intersection of Meredith St, about 6pm.The pedestrian, a 22-year-old Melbourne woman, was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. She died in hospital on Friday morning.The male driver of…

BRIMBANK: New charges for Sunshine North man

A Melbourne man with alleged links to international organised crime has been charged over his alleged involvement in a plot to import 70kg of cocaine.The man, 32, from Sunshine North, is one of two brothers who were charged in over their alleged links to a ‘rip crew’ that was accused of breaking into a shipping…

CASEY: Armed robbery arrest

Moorabbin Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a woman following an armed robbery in Hampton Park.Investigators allege that a man and woman approached a group of 15-year-old boys as they were leaving a park on Bluff Rd on Saturday, May 10, about 3.50pm.The teens were carrying a football when it is alleged the woman produced…

CARDINIA: Women blows .263

A woman had her car impounded after she was allegedly caught five and a half times over the legal limit in Pakenham on Wednesday (June 11)Cardinia Highway Patrol officers were on patrol when they spotted a white MG wagon travelling southbound on McGregor Rd about 11.55pm.Officers intercepted the vehicle on Park Boulevard, and the 43-year-old…

WYNDHAM: Arson linked to illegal tobacco dispute?

Thursday, June 12, 2025

Detectives from the Arson and Explosives Squad executed a search warrant at a residential address in Dand-enong as part of their investigation into a fatal house fire in Truganina in January.No arrests were made however police seized a number of mobile phones from the address which will now be forensically analysed.Via anonymous reports to Crime…

BRIMBANK: Jewellery stolen at Sunshine

Police are investigating after two high-end rings were stolen from a Sunshine jewellery store.A man entered the Harvester Rd shop and began speaking with staff about engagement rings about 11.15am on Thursday, June 5.The man was given two rings to look at when he suddenly ran from the store.The two rings were worth about $8500…

STONNINGTON: Man dies after Prahran arson attack

A man has died in hospital following an arson attack at a Prahran business.Emergency services were called to a fire at a Chapel St store shortly after 4.15am on January 15.Witnesses told Police that a number of people had poured accelerant inside the premises before setting it alight.The group then fled the address in a…

MERRI-BEK: Death in Brunswick

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding an incident in Brunswick where a man became unresponsive following his arrest and subsequently died.Officers were called to the intersection of Sydney Rd and Albert St about 9.30pm on Friday, June 6, to assist paramedics with an agitated man who subsequently became aggressive.The 43-year-old Brunswick man left…

MAROONDAH: Firearms raid at Croydon

Detectives from the Illicit Firearms Squad have charged a man after a cache of homemade firearms, firearm parts, ammunition, weapons and drugs were seized in Croydon.The investigation commenced in partnership with Australian Border Force and led to a search warrant being executed at a residential address in Croydon on the morning of Tuesday, June 3.Detectives…