Police and Emergencies

  • Vehicle plunges down to railway

    A COLAC teen escaped with minor injuries when a car he was driving crashed through a fence, plummeting eight metres to land beside railway tracks.

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  • $7.9-million scam letter ignites suspicion

    A COLAC man is warning people about a scam letter he received from Canada offering him millions of dollars.

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  • Drug crime down, but violence rises

    DRUG offences in Colac and district dropped by eight per cent in the past year while reports of family violence increased 20 per cent.

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  • Taskforce tackling travelling conmen in Colac

    AN ANTI-CONMEN taskforce has arrived in Colac warning residents to be wary of handyman job offers that sound “too good to be true”.

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  • Liberals promise $8.5 million for Colac police station

    POLWARTH’S MP Terry Mulder has promised a new $8.5-million police station for Colac if voters re-elect the State Government this weekend.

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  • Redback suffers head injury in cricket incident

    IRREWARRA cricketer Jake Last was due to return home from a Melbourne hospital yesterday after suffering a brain injury in the Redbacks’ Division Two match.

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  • Teenagers act fast at fire

    QUICK-THINKING teenagers have helped slow the spread of a house fire at Irrewarra.

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  • Child porn charges for district man

    A CAMPERDOWN man will face child pornography charges at a Warrnambool court after police executed a search warrant at his property.

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