Police News

CASEY: 19-y-o quizzed after Endeavour Hills death

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man in Endeavour Hills on Sunday (Apr. 13). Emergency services were called to reports of a man located deceased inside a property on Mossgiel Park Drive about 6.30am. Police discovered the 21-year-old Endeavour Hills man with injuries consistent with a stabbing. A 19-year-old…

MURRINDINDI: 53-year-old Buxton mystery

Alexandra Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance to help solve a 53-year-old mystery. Investigators are attempting to identify an unknown man who was located deceased in Buxton on Christmas Day, 1971. A group of children were celebrating the holidays with a swim in the Steavenson River when they happened upon the man’s body…

EAST: Drugs seized at Box Hill

Major Drug Squad detectives have charged a man as part of an investigation into alleged drug trafficking. As part of their investigation, detectives identified a premises in Box Hill, in which they will allege drugs were being manufactured. Detectives from the Major Drug Squad and Clandestine Laboratory Squad acted swiftly to disrupt this activity and…

HUME: 26 arrests over car theft operation

Police have arrested 26 people and recovered eight stolen cars as part of an operation targeting car thieves and burglars in Broadmeadows and Craigieburn. Car theft is a significant priority for local police in Hume, with the area having the third most cars stolen across the state last year – a 44 per cent increase….

KINGSTON: 200-kmh, collision with Police car at Patterson Lakes

Police have arrested a woman after a vehicle was spotted allegedly reaching speeds of 200-kmh in Melbourne’s south on Sunday night (Apr. 13). Airwing spotted a white Holden Astra travelling at a fast rate of speed along Thompson Rd in Patterson Lakes about 10.15pm. Officers on the ground located the vehicle and attempted to intercept…

MOONEE VALLEY: Ascot Vale stabbing charge

Homicide Squad detectives have charged a man following the fatal stabbing of a man in Ascot Vale on Saturday morning (Apr. 12). A 29-year-old Ascot Vale man was arrested by police at the scene and conveyed to hospital to be treated for minor injuries, where he remained under police guard. He has been charged with…

STATEWIDE: $4.8m illicit tobacco siezed

Detectives from the VIPER Taskforce executed warrants at 12 tobacco stores across Melbourne last week as part of the ongoing investigation by Taskforce Lunar into organised crime syndicates linked to the illicit tobacco trade. Members of the taskforce were joined at the warrants from April 7-11 by representatives from the Australian Taxation Office and Therapeutic…

HUME: CCTV images released of Roxburgh Park shooting

Fawkner Divisional Response Unit officers have released CCTV in relation to a non-fatal shooting in Roxburgh Park in January. It is believed an older-model white Toyota Camry was driving up and down Lockwood Drive for around 30 minutes at 6.30am on January 20. The male driver is then seen to point a firearm out the…

KINGSTON: Stolen car crashes at Parkdale

Police have arrested a female teen following a collision involving an allegedly stolen car in Parkdale. It is alleged that a stolen white Volkswagen sedan crashed into two vehicles, a Mitsubishi Triton and a Suzuki Swift, both parked in the vicinity of Brownfield St about 11.30pm Monday (Apr. 14). No one was inside the parked…

WEST: Police out in force

Sunday, April 13, 2025

Uniform police, the Public Order Response Team and the Dog Squad will be out in force in Footscray over the coming weeks, as Victoria Police runs a series of operations in the area.Police will have a particular emphasis on addressing drug offending, public order issues, road safety and antisocial behaviour in the Footscray CBD, following…