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HUME: Death after Greenvale assault

Friday, April 18, 2025

Detectives from the Homicide Squad are investigating after a man has died following a serious assault in Greenvale last month.Police were initially called to reports of a physical altercation at a residential building site on Supreme Avenue in Greenvale at approximately 12.45pm on Sunday, March 30.On arrival, they located a 42-year-old Meadow Heights man with…

NORTH-WEST: $14.7m tobacco raid

Detectives from Taskforce Lunar executed five warrants across Melbourne’s north-west this month.They seized $14.7M worth of illicit cigarettes, loose-leaf tobacco and vapes as part of an investigation into the co-ordination of extortions and arsons on behalf of a syndicate leader.With assistance from the VIPER Taskforce and Australian Border Force, police searched five addresses believed to…

FRANKSTON: Third arrest over $25m fires

A third man has been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into two allegedly deliberately lit factory fires which caused an estimated $25 million in damage. The fires, which police believe are linked, occurred at two factories in Bayswater and Kilsyth in December 2024 and January 2025. The first incident occurred around 4am on…

MELBOURNE: Sexual assaults in North

Melbourne SOCIT detectives have charged a man following alleged sexual assaults in North Melbourne last week. It is alleged thaty a man pushed a woman into an alley off Silk Place and attempted to sexually assault her on April 13. It isd also alleged a second woman was pulled to the ground and sexually assaulted…

NORTH: Police keep an eye out for Shane

Thursday, April 17, 2025

Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate Shane MacDonald. The 35-year-old is wanted on outstanding warrants in relation to theft related offences. He is described as being approximately 185cm tall with dark brown eyes, a shaved head and a light-coloured beard. Shane is known to frequent the Mill Park and Thomastown areas. Investigators…

DAREBIN: Life-threatening crash at East Preston

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives were on scene following a collision in Preston on Tuesday afternoon (Apr. 15). It is understood a pedestrian was struck by a bus at the intersection of Tyler St and Plenty Rd about 2.30pm. The male pedestrian was taken to hospital with critical injuries. The bus driver stopped at the…

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….