Police and Emergencies

  • Tip-offs lead to Colac drug arrests

    COLAC detectives have arrested four people on drug-related charges following an early morning search of two Colac properties.

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  • Search and rescue team recovers body

    A MELBOURNE search and rescue team has recovered the body of a 63-year-old Belmont man who plunged to his death in the Otways.

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  • Car crash victim walks two kilometres with back injury

    A SKENES CREEK man walked two kilometres to find help after suffering a back injury in a car crash.

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  • Emergency volunteer hangs up his uniform

    ONE of Colac district’s longest-serving emergency services volunteers has hung up his helmet and overalls.

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  • Coroner adjourns Hugh Wilson inquest

    A CORONER might not release her findings into the 1976 death of Colac hermit Hugh Wilson until next year.

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  • More police to stop weekend vandalism

    COLAC police will increase their street presence this weekend after a string of “disappointing” vandalism attacks.

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  • Thieves steal bison head

    COLAC police are investigating the theft of a bison head from a property at Forrest.

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  • Grass fire risk increases across district

    Colac and district fire authorities are warning of an increased risk of fast-moving grass fires this summer.

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