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Friday, September 18, 2026
Police News
Police have arrested 12 people and seized a commercial quantity of cocaine, during a major operation targeting firearms, drugs, and persons of interest across Greater Shepparton. Between Monday March 10 and Saturday March 15, detectives from Shepparton Crime Investigation Unit, Divisional Response Unit and Crime Command’s VIPER Taskforce knocked on the doors of 21 homes…
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Police News
Transit Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating following a sexual assault in Dandenong. It is understood a 37-year-old woman was sexually assaulted when she was travelling on a Route 811 bus between Dandenong Railway Station and Brighton about 6.30am on February 17. Police were told the male offender boarded the bus at Dandenong Railway Station….
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Council News
OPINION by Local Paper Editor, Ash Long Whittlesea Councillors seemed largely unconvincing at their March meeting (Tues., Mar. 18) as they tried to explain away why they had failed to communicate with residents on how elected representative Mayor Cr Aidan McLindon had been banned by CEO Craig Lloyd from fully completing Mayotal duties. The Council…
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The public is to be locked out from personally attending tonight’s controversial meeting of Whittlesea Council at 6pm. The public will be able to only view the meeting at the Council’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist… A crowd of ratepayers is expected to gather outside the South Morang headquarters of the Council from about 5.30pm. Mayor Cr…
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Police News
Police have a charged a man following an alleged brawl in Frankston on Monday night last week (Mar. 17).Officers responded to reports of a brawl at a licenced venue on Nepean Hwy about 8.40pm.Police were quick to arrive on scene and arrest a man. There were no reported injuries.All others involved in the alleged incident…
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Emergency Services
Police are investigating a suspicious fire in Endeavour Hills in the early hours of Tuesday morning (Mar. 18). Emergency services responded to reports of two shops on fire at a shopping centre on Heatherton Rd about 12.45am. No one was inside either of the premises at the time of the fire. The fire caused significant…
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Police News
More than $11 million worth of assets, including Rolex watches, Cartier jewellery and art by Brett Whiteley has been forfeited to the Commonwealth as suspected proceeds of crime after an AFP-led Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce investigation. The decision in the Supreme Court of Victoria grew out of AFP-led Operation Fuji, which focused on a large…
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Police News
Horsham Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating a series of significant copper thefts targeting rail infrastructure in northern Victoria. Unknown offenders have been cutting lengths of copper wire, up to kilometres at a time, and stealing the product with more than 30 reported incidents occurring between Buangor and Serviceton since February 2024. The offending has…
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Police News
Casey and Greater Dandenong have been identified as Victoria’s epicentre for number plate thefts. According to the latest crime data, Casey has the unenviable title of the worst in the state, with just shy of 2000 reports made to police (1987) in the 12 months to September 2024. Hume ranks second (1408), followed closely by…
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