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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - OCTOBER 9, 2024. Thomas Sewell argues with reporters outside Melbourne Magistrates court where he was supporting Jacob Hersant, the first person in Victoria convicted of performing a banned Nazi salute outside the County Court on October 27, 2023Picture: David Geraghty / NewsWire

Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell arrested by anti-terror police

The prominent Melbourne neo-Nazi is one of four members of the National Socialist Network to be arrested in a huge anti-terror police sting.

Police & Courts

Melbourne gangster expands empire into European soccer

In a stark departure from the typical sign of wealth — bling, car or tattoo — that Melbourne’s gangsters flash, this crime kingpin is expanding into the world game.

Police & Courts

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 28, 2024: Xiaozheng Lin arrives at the Supreme Court to face charges over the deaths of two Chinese sex workers in Melbourne apartments within several days around Christmas 2022. Picture: NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

He killed two women in 24 hours. He could walk free in 7 years

A crying killer who got a manslaughter plea deal after taking the lives of two sex workers within 24 hours in Melbourne’s CBD could walk free from jail in a matter of years.

Police & Courts

Naked and afraid: Peninsula couple gets raw deal in home invasion

Having criminals smash their way into your house in the middle of the night is one thing, being caught naked when they do so is quite another.

VideoPolice & Courts

Police chopper video has shown how sparks flew and wheels fell off as a group of teens with a bailed 16-year-old at the wheel drove through suburban Melbourne in a stolen SUV. The stolen Porsche Cayenne was spotted by the Air Wing rocketing erratically along the Monash Freeway at 240km/h at about 4.20am on Monday.

Bailed 16yo at wheel of stolen SUV in 240km/h chase

Dramatic footage shows how sparks flew and the wheels fell off a stolen SUV as a group of teens led police on a high-speed car chase through Melbourne’s suburbs overnight. WATCH THE VIDEO.

Police & Courts

Meth lab generic 2020: In the Underground Drug Laboratory Two Clandestine Chemists Wearing Protective Masks and Coveralls Use Hosepipe For Drug Distillation. They Cook Synthesised Drugs in the Abandoned Building. iStock.

Police bust massive Breaking Bad-style drug chemical haul in Wimmera

Detectives have seized chemicals that would have manufactured meth worth $500m in a massive raid on an isolated farm in Victoria’s northwest.

Victoria

Almost $1 million worth of illicit tobacco products have been seized by Consumer and Business Services and SAPOL in the past two weeks. Picture: Supplied

Crime gangs smoke out legal players to rule tobacco trade

Organised crime gangs have smoked out legal players Philip Morris and British American Tobacco to rule Australia’s tobacco trade.

Victoria

Auburn South Primary School in Hawthorn East where a car has driven into the school. Picture - Mohammad Alfares

‘Wishing it was just a bad dream’: School crash driver opens up

The female driver of a car that ploughed into Auburn South Primary School, killing 11-year-old Jack Davey and injuring four other students, has opened up on the “genuine sorrow” in her heart over the tragedy.

Police & Courts

Gang member and student from Sarah Redfern High at Minto carries a knife to school. NSW / Education / Teenagers / Gangs / Knives weapons protection youth crime violence juvenile generic

Number of youth offenders locked up plummets, as crime soars

The number of young people locked up in the past decade has slumped by 71 per cent, despite a surge in youth crime — with aggravated burglaries soaring.

Police & Courts

Anti-war activists protest the Land Forces 2024 International Land Defence Exposition at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. Protesters attempt to establish a barricade on Clarendon Street Bridge. Picture: Jake Nowakowski

Land Forces protester arrested for Nazi salute, new wanted faces released

Police have arrested a Crib Point man over a Nazi salute at the chaotic anti-weapons protest in Melbourne’s CBD, as they release fresh images of other demonstrators they are searching for.

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