Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following a fatal crash in Truganina on Wednesday morning, June 4.Emergency services responded to reports that a car had crashed into an unoccupied parked vehicle on Dunmore Drive about 1am.The passenger of the car, a 24-year-old St Albans woman, died at the scene.The driver, a 23-year-old…
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Melbourne Highway Patrol officers are appealing for public assistance after a pedestrian was struck by a car in Melbourne’s CBD.Emergency services responded to reports of a blue Subaru Liberty colliding with a pedestrian, near the intersection of King and Batman Sts, in West Melbourne about 10pm on Friday May 30.The pedestrian, a 30-year-old man who…
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A P1 probationary driver has lost his car and will be facing serious charges after allegedly being clocked at nearly 200-kmh in Dingley Village on Friday evening (June 6).Officers from Moorabbin Highway Patrol detected the Ford Falcon allegedly travelling along the Mornington Peninsula Freeway at 198-kmh in the 100-kmh zone, about 7.30pm.The driver, a 19-year-old…
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Transit Divisional Response Unit detectives charged a man after he allegedly attempted to steal a vehicle, injuring an officer in Hallam. Police were patrolling the area around Hallam Railway Station when they allegedly spotted a man attempting to break into a vehicle in a carpark about 2.45pm on Monday (May 26). It is alleged the…
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Three men have been charged and a range of stolen property seized as part of a Vehicle Crime Squad investigation into a car rebirthing syndicate. Detectives from the Vehicle Crime Squad, Illicit Firearms Squad, VIPER Taskforce, Echo Taskforce and Gang Crime Squad executed three warrants on Wednesday (May 28) at residential properties in Caroline Springs,…
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Frankston Crime Investigation Unit detectives uncovered a significant quantity of explosives, ammunition and drugs as part of an investigation into theft of motor vehicles in the Frankston area. The explosives were located during the execution of a search warrant at a residential address in Cranbourne on Wednesday morning (May 28). The Bomb Response Unit subsequently…
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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:
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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…
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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…
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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…
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