Tag: drugs
Ambulance ice call-outs spiral upwards
By Paul Millar
ICE-RELATED emergency ambulance call-outs have spiralled in Geelong, with a state union leader warning the drug could take hold of entire suburbs.
Steve...
Ice burgs shock police
By NOEL MURPHY
ICE-ADDICTED thieves are becoming bolder as a spate of daylight burglaries, aggravated burglaries and car thefts hits Geelong, according to police.
Ice junkies...
Policeman charged with drug, drink-driving
A POLICE senior constable from a western region station has been charged following a professional standards command investigation into a traffic collision in Geelong...
Drugs fuel Geelong crime surge
By Paul Millar
DRUG offences in Geelong have soared over the past year, with a local security boss saying “it’s as bad as I’ve ever...
‘Ice forums’ strategy
A two-day forum will hammer out a strategy to beat ice use in Geelong, according to a leading policeman.
Superintendent Daryl Clifton said the forums...
Deakin malaria drugs breakthrough
Geelong researchers have been part of a team of Victorian scientists to make a major breakthrough in the race to find new drugs to...
Drugs, commercial burgs jump, police figures show
DRUG crime jumped 16 per cent last year across Geelong, according to new statistics released by Victoria Police.
Burglaries on commercial properties climbed a similar...
Athletes all treated as drugs suspects: Deakin academic
By NOEL MURPHY
ALL athletes are treated as suspects, a year after the Essendon AFL doping scandal erupted, says Deakin University law lecturer Martin Hardie.
Mr...
Eagles in the box seat after day one
Waurn Ponds Deakin holds the upper hand going into day two of its Geelong Cricket Association Division 3 clash against Corio.
With Manifold Heights (5th)...
