Crime

  • Thief steals shop’s cash register

    A Colac fish and chip shop was forced to abruptly close this week after its owner discovered burglars had taken the cash register.

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  • Man arrested with tomahawk, drugs

    A teenager is facing charges after police allegedly found him with drugs and a tomahawk in a Colac street.

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  • Stolen car burnt near Lorne

    Police have arrested two people and hope to arrest a third over a series of car thefts, numberplate thefts and torching a stolen car.

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  • Electric mower stolen from back yard

    Police are appealing for information after the theft of a lawnmower from a back yard in Colac.

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  • Defibrillator vandalised

    Vandals have left Winchelsea without its public defibrillator.

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  • Two-hour seige leads to arrest

    Colac police called on specialist negotiators during a two-hour siege this week after a man barricaded himself inside a property on Fireman Street.

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  • Teens charged over thefts

    Criminal investigators have charged three teenage offenders in relation to two Colac burglaries in October last year.

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  • Police arrest man following car and gun theft

    Colac police have arrested a man accused of a wild crime spree across Victoria that included theft of at least two cars, a gun and expensive electronics.

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