Police and Emergencies

  • Burglary arrest leads to drugs

    A Boxing Day burglary, botanic garden chase and two drug raids have led to the arrest of a Colac man and woman.

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  • Police detect 152 speed offences

    Colac Highway Patrol says most motorists were well behaved over the Christmas and New Year period in regard to impaired driving, but speeding still remained prevalent.

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  • Nine hospitalised after crash

    A woman was lucky to survive after she was flung from a vehicle in an Elliminyt crash this week.

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  • Motorcyclist dies in district crash

    Police are investigating Colac Otway’s sixth road fatality of the year, the shire’s highest road deaths in a decade.

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  • Motorcyclist dies in Irrewillipe crash

    Police are investigating following a fatal motorcycle crash south-west of Colac.

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  • Charges for house fire

    Colac police have charged a woman after a suspicious fire tore through the Colac unit she was living in.

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  • Firearm theft from gun safe

    Colac police are appealing for information after the theft of a firearm from a Carlisle River property.

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  • Speeding Harley gets impounded

    Police have impounded a man’s Harley-Davidson after catching him speeding at more than 50kmh over the limit near Coben.

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