Drugs
Drug driving offender earns 12-month ban
A Colac woman who was caught drug driving twice and refused to “dog” an associate to police will lose her licence for at least ayear.
Man arrested with tomahawk, drugs
A teenager is facing charges after police allegedly found him with drugs and a tomahawk in a Colac street.
Cannabis and cash seized
Police have seized drugs and tens of thousands of dollars in cash from a Barongarook property with help from community tips.
Learner driver fails a second drug test
A Colac L-plater and his supervising driver are in deep water for allegedly driving under the influence of drugs for a second time in less than three weeks.
Five drug drivers nabbed in Colac sting
Colac police have nabbed five drug drivers in five hours, including a learner driver and their accompanying adult.
Police news in brief
A woman in her 20s suffered an arm injury in a single-vehicle accident on an Otways road south of Colac at the weekend.
Speeding drug-driver caught hiding in back yard
A road worker had to jump out of the path of an unlicensed teenage driver on a drug-fuelled joy ride this week.
Former drug addict turns his life around
“At the start I’d just have it on weekends and then it got worse and worse and I needed more and more; I’d become a shadow of my former self.”