Police News

SOUTH-EAST: One man crime spree

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Investigators from Casey, Frankston and Mornington Peninsula Crime Investigation units joined forces to arrest a man allegedly involved in a string of crime across a three-week period in Melbourne’s southeastern suburbs.It is alleged the man was involved in a series of offending between May 2-26 including:

SOUTH-EAST: 13-year-old’s crime spree

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Southern Metro Region Crime Squad detectives have arrested a boy following a series of home invasions and aggravated burglaries across the southern suburbs of Melbourne.Officers will allege six cars were stolen from residential homes in Waterways, Black Rock, Cranbourne, Lyndhurst, Narre Warren South, Berwick and Armadale between May 21-25.Alert officers spotted an alleged stolen Audi…

STATEWIDE: Meth, firearms seized as 6 arrested

Police arrested six people, seized two firearms and approximately $500,000 worth of illegal drugs, including significant quantities of methyl-amphetamine, as part of a series of warrants across Melbourne.The arrests come as part of a major investigation into an alleged criminal syndicate responsible for trafficking drugs and firearms across Melbourne, regional Victoria and interstate.Detectives from the…

NORTH-WEST: Police training questioned

Northern Metropolitan MLC Anasina Gray-Barberio (pictured) has publicly questioned if local frontline police have received anti-racism and cross-cultural training.“My question is for the Minister for Police ]Anthony Carbiones] in the other house,” Ms Gray-Barberio told the Legislative Assembly.“On April 17 of this year Victoria Police officers fatally shot Abdifatah Ahmed, a 35-year-old Somali-born refugee, while…

SOUTH-EAST: 13-y-o caught driving

Police have arrested a teenage boy during an extended follow through Melbourne’s south-east.Officers on patrol first observed a believed-to-be stolen black Porsche wagon travelling along Quarry Rd in Langwarrin about 1.30am on Tuesday (May 27).With the assistance of the Air Wing, units on the ground followed the vehicle to Cranbourne-Frankston Rd, before continuing on towards…

WYNDHAM: Death at Werribee

Monday, May 26, 2025

Police are investigating a fatal collision in Werribee on Sunday, May 25.It is believed a solo rider lost control and came off his motorcycle while travelling along Westleigh Drive about 11.30pm.Despite CPR being administered, the 56-year-old rider from Werribee died at the scene.The investigation into the circumstances surrounding the collision remains ongoing.

MOONEE VALLEY: Firearm located at Essendon

Flemington Police arrested two men following a firearms incident in Essendon.Officers were first called to reports of two men suspiciously loitering on Keilor Rd about 1.15am on Monday, May 26.It is understood that when police arrived on scene, one of the men attempted to flee.Officers gave chase on foot, and when the man dropped a…

DAREBIN: 4 arrests after Northland fight

Whittlesea Crime Investigation Unit detectives have arrested four males following an affray at Northland on Sunday, May 25.It is alleged eight people from rival youth gangs began fighting while allegedly armed with machetes, at the shopping complex on Murray Rd just after 2.30pm.CCTV indicates the affray lasted for approximately two minutes, with around 40 local…

WYNDHAM: Tarneit crash turns fatal

Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives are investigating after a serious collision involving a stolen vehicle in Tarneit on Sunday, May 18, has turned fatal.Emergency services were called to reports a Haval Jolion collided with a Toyota Camry before crashing into a pole at the intersection of Doherty’s Rd and Werribee-Melton Rd about 1.25am.Two teenage boys,…

BOROONDARA: Kew crime up 16.5%

Saturday, May 24, 2025

Crime in Kew has ruisen by 16.5 per cent, according to official figures announced in Parliament by the local MLA Jess Wilson (pictured).“The action I am seeking is for the Allan Labor Government to put community safety first and immediately classify machetes as prohibited weapons,” Ms Wilson said.“Victoria is in the grip of a worsening…