Police News

SOUTH-EAST: Firearms trafficking raids

Sunday, April 13, 2025

Detectives from the Echo Taskforce have charged eight menand seized five firearms as part of their investigation into alleged firearms trafficking in Melbourne’s south-east.With assistance from the Special Operations Group, two men were taken into custody in Koo Wee Rup just after 2am Thursday morning (Apr. 10).A 33-year-old Koo Wee Rup man was charged with…

CASEY: Fatal at Narre Warren East

Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal collision in Narre Warren East on Friday morning (Apr. 11).Emergency services responded to reports of a collision between a motorcycle and a truck at the intersection of Wellington and Muddy Creek Rds about 11.30am.The rider died at the scene.The driver and sole occupant…

WYDNHAM: Arrests after Hoppers shooting

Armed Crime Squad detectives arrested two men ollowing a non-fatal shooting in Hoppers Crossing on Wednesday (Apr. 9).With assistance from the Special Operations Group, a 38-year-old Eynesbury man was arrested in Eynesbury at 7.30pm.A 27-year-old Hoppers Crossing man was then arrested by the Special Operations Group at his home address just before 9pm.Two search warrants…

WHITTLESEA: Collision at Epping

Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives are investigating a fatal collision in Epping on Friday afternoon (Apr. 11).Emergency services were called to reports a car had collided with a parked truck on Jersey Drive about 2.05pm.A male passenger of the car died at the scene. The driver, a 41-year-old Wallan man, was taken to hospital with…

MOONEE VALLEY: Death at Ascot Vale

Detectives are investigating the death of a man in Ascot Vale on Saturday morning (Apr. 13).Emergency services were called to reports of a man injured at a property on Churchill Avenue about 4am.Officers arrived on scene to discover a man with injuries consistent with a stabbing.The man died at the scene.Another man was arrested at…

HUME: Shooting at Coolaroo

Armed Crime Squad detectives are investigating after a man was shot in Coolaroo on Friday afternoon (Apr. 11).It is understood three people were standing near a green Holden Commodore outside a property on Pearson Crescent about 4.10pm.Police were told a dark-coloured BMW turned from Kyabram St into Pearson Crescent, where two offenders got out of…

HORSHAM: Fatal collision involving mobility scooter

Thursday, April 10, 2025

Police are investigating a fatal collision in Horsham on Thursday afternoon (Apr. 10). Emergency services responded after a mobility scooter and a Toyota Prado station wagon collided on Stawell Rd about 4.05pm. The rider of the mobility scooter, a 90-year-old Horsham man, died at the scene. The driver of the Toyota stopped at the scene…

GREATER GEELONG: Child exploitation game – $850,000 penalty

A Geelong man has been ordered to pay the Commonwealth more than $850,000, and had his assets confiscated, after creating and selling an online child exploitation-themed video game which had thousands of paying subscribers. The orders were handed down in the County Court last month, after an investigation by the AFP-led Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce….

MELBOURNE: Woman assaulted in Flinders St.

Transit Safety Division police are appealing for public assistance to identify a man following an assault in Melbourne’s CBD. It is understood a woman got off a train at Flinders St Railway Station and walked across Flinders St, where a man bumped into her at the intersection of Swanston St about 2pm on December 13….

BAYSIDE: Red-handed at Sandringham

Bayside police have arrested a man following an alleged Burglary in Sandringham on Tuesday evening (Apr. 8). Police responded to reports that a person had allegedly gained access to a closed construction site on Bay Rd about 8.20pm. Swift responding officers arrived at the scene to allegedly find a man holding a hammer inside the…