Tag: Police
Moorabool raid smokes out 35,000 illegal tobacco plants
By PAUL MILLAR
A notorious Lebanese crime clan is believed linked to a massive illegal tobacco plantation discovered on the outskirts of Geelong during a...
Police plea on soccer fan brawl
POLICE have released images of five men they want to speak to after an alleged brawl between opposing soccer fans in Melbourne’s CBD last...
Bag-snatcher robs 82yo pensioner at Newtown supermarket
GEELONG CIU detectives are appealing for witnesses after an 82-year-old woman was robbed of her pension cash at a Newtown supermarket car park yesterday.
The...
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...
Police plea on North Geelong armed hold-up
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after an armed robbery at a convenience store in North Geelong last weekend.
Investigators have been told two men entered...
Homicide squad investigate Bell Park gunshot death
HOMICIDE Squad detectives are investigating the death of a man found with an apparent gunshot wound to the chest at Bell Park this morning.
The...
Wanted over Waurn Ponds assault
POLICE have released a grainy image of two men they want to interview about an assault at a Waurn Ponds supermarket in November.
A man...
Local car thefts up as keys targeted
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
REPORTS of car thefts in Geelong have jumped 26 per cent, according to new figures.
National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council recorded...
Grovedale arrests over 250 marijuana plants
POLICE have arrested a man and a woman after allegedly locating more than 250 cannabis plants at a house in Grovedale last night.
Members executed...
More charges over soccer brawl
UPDATE: POLICE have charged an eighth man following an alleged brawl outside a licensed premises between rival soccer fans in Melbourne’s Bourke Street on...
Man, dog, rescued from tinnie at Portarlington
A MAN and his dog have been rescued after they became stranded in their tinnie around Portarlington on Monday afternoon. The Victoria Police Rescue...
Torquay too strong at Ocean Grove
Visiting side Torquay took all 16 points when they defeated Ocean Grove 2 by 62 shots to 50 on Tuesday February 4. Independent photographer...
