Police and Emergencies

  • 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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  • Road fatality and chemical leak keep emergency crews busy

    Colac and district emergency services crews have had a busy weekend, with a traffic fatality near Birregurra and a chemical leak at Apollo Bay.

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  • Alleged drink driver detected

    A woman in her 50s will face a driver’s licence suspension for six months over alleged drink driving.

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  • Police arrest man for alleged car theft

    Police have located and arrested a man for the alleged theft of a motor vehicle, after he evaded police during an attempted
    intercept in Colac on the weekend.

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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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  • Police crack down on crashes

    Colac Highway Patrol says it will ramp up safety patrols on the district’s roads in the coming weeks, with wet weather and an influx of tourists expected.

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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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