Police and Emergencies

  • Five-hour bush rescue

    RESCUERS took five hours to carry a man by torchlight through dense bush near Lorne after he slipped and suffered a head injury while hiking.

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  • Bowling club graffiti

    POLICE are hunting a vandal who defaced a Colac bowling club.

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  • Crash closes Princes Highway

    PARAMEDICS airlifted a woman to hospital after a two-car crash which forced authorities to close the Princes Highway near Camperdown for three hours.

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  • Gun thefts trigger police alarm

    GUNS are continuing to fall into the hands of criminals across the Colac district after a second firearm burglary from a rural property this week.

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  • Homicide detective’s ice warning

    A LEADING homicide investigator says Colac and district people can’t ignore the prominence of the drug “ice” in the community.

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  • Thieves steal more guns

    THIEVES have stolen a gun safe, two firearms and two boxes of ammunition in a burglary on a Gellibrand farm.

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  • Law-breakers on camera

    STATE MP Terry Mulder says law-breakers in Colac will be in for a shock when they discover the city’s new surveillance system can catch them in the act.

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  • Get the story behind homicides

    ONE of Victoria’s leading homicide detectives says a Colac presentation will provide insight into “some of the most difficult cases in the state”.

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