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Firearms amnesty reaps in the numbers
More than 260 firearms have been surrendered in Melbourne’s north-west in the first two months of a firearms amnesty.
Since the National Firearms Amnesty started...
Four teens in custody following Sunshine West home invasion
Four teenagers are in police custody following a home invasion in Sunshine West yesterday.
A Victoria Police spokeswoman said four young men were arrested on...
Female crew marks 100 years of women in policing
An all-female police crew staffed the north-west on Thursday to celebrate 100 years of women in policing.
More than 30 women were rostered on in...
Man charged with trafficking a drug of dependence after police raid on Sunshine North...
A man has been charged with trafficking a drug of dependence following a raid on a Sunshine North house.
Brimbank crime investigation unit detectives...
Teens face burglary charges
Six teenagers have been arrested and charged following a crime spree in the western and northern suburbs last week.
Police will allege the teens were...
Wool fleeced in Laverton North
Police are on the hunt for thieves who fleeced about $70,000 worth of wool from a Laverton North business over the weekend.
Brimbank Crime Investigation...
Youths charged over armed robberies
Four teens have been arrested and charged following three armed robberies across the west over the weekend.
The alleged crime spree began shortly after midnight...
Victoria Police “highly likely” to ask for more cops
Victoria Police is likely to ask the state government for more police in growth corridors to deal with a recent crime wave.
Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton...
Residents rally for more police in Caroline Springs
A Labor MP has urged Melton and Caroline Springs residents rallying for more frontline police to “maintain your rage, maintain your pressure, maintain your...
Police move on ‘invasion’ fears across the western suburbs
Police have moved to reassure residents they are making a dent in aggravated burglaries happening across the west.
Senior Sergeant Trevor King said police have...
New Caroline Springs family violence unit making headway
Against reports of “skyrocketing” domestic violence in Brimbank, the merger of two Victoria Police family violence units has led to fewer repeat offenders in...
Custody officer puts talk to the test
She may come armed with a baton and capsicum spray, but Sunshine police station’s first ever custody officer, Glenda Mawson, says the most effective...
Family violence cases double in two years
Family violence referrals by police to Women’s Health West have more than doubled in the past two years, prompting calls for more support for...
Domestic violence dubbed state emergency
MPs in the west have called the prevalence of domestic violence a “state emergency”.
In their submissions to the Royal Commission into Family Violence, local...
‘Gangster culture’ takes up guns
Weapons offences doubled in Brimbank over the past four years, police data has revealed.
This follows reports in The Age that police are discovering guns...
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