Police and Emergencies

  • Busy day for road police

    Two motorists have lost their vehicles for alleged unlicensed and drug driving, after police caught them two hours apart near Colac.

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  • Impoundments continue in Colac

    An attempted evade and false number plates weren’t enough for two dodgy Colac district drivers to avoid police attention last week, with both of their vehicles in the impound lot.

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  • Traffic cops shocked by high rate of offences

    A motorist who clocked at 147kmh near Colac is among a raft of speeders, drug drivers and other offenders who left Colac police shocked this week.

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  • Rural theft and hoons keeping police busy

    Colac district police have recorded an increase in rural burglaries as thieves travel from as far as Melbourne to raid new targets.

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  • School road zones still in force

    School traffic zones remain in force despite most children studying from home this term.

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  • Ram-raid thief steals firefighting equipment

    Thieves have ram-raided Kawarren’s fire station and stolen emergency responder equipment.

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  • Arrest after car torching

    A Camperdown man is in custody following another weekend evade that ended in a second burnt-out vehicle in the Colac district.

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  • 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.

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