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Olivia Jenkins is a crime reporter for the Herald Sun in Melbourne. She has previously covered education and general news.

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An ounce of pure methylamphetamine, known as meth or ice, valued of at least $10,000 seized by North Queensland police during a random traffic interception on the Bruce Highway, Rollingstone, on Saturday. Picture: Cameron Bates

Woman allegedly hid drug stash in kids toys

A woman with alleged links to organised crime has been charged with trafficking a large quantity of meth following a police bust at her Albion home.

Police & Courts

Police have arrested a male after a Volkswagen Golf was chased to a car park next to Yagoona Railway Station. Three men ran from the car and were chased a short distance before one of the males was arrested by Police. Upon inspection of a black bag he was carrying, Police located a shot gun and other items. The male was arrested and the car towed from the scene. An extensive search of the area by Polair and the Dog unit failed to locate the other two occupants. Pics Bill Hearne

The vehicles most at risk of being stolen

Alarming new data has revealed thefts of some luxury vehicles are on the rise around Melbourne. How safe is your car?

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A man has been airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries after an alleged assault in Wheatsheaf, near Daylesford. A 59-year-old man was arrested at the scene. Picture : 7NEWS

Man dies after allegedly being set on fire

A man has been charged with attempted murder after he allegedly set another man on fire when a fight broke out at a property near Daylesford.

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Taniela Ahokava, who also used the first names Kuela and Guelah, died when a police officer who was pinned between a van and a wall opened fire in Carrick Drive in 2016.

Officer in fatal Tullamarine shooting cleared

A police officer has been cleared over the fatal shooting of a suspected thief who led police on a wild car chase.

Police & Courts

Police on scene at Barwon Prison. Reports of prison riot at Barwon Prison, Lara. No other info. Picture: Peter Ristevski

‘Kill the screws’: Violence rages at another prison

Guards were attacked and prisoners stabbed with shivs in the second incident of violence in Victorian prisons this week.

Victoria

A woman with blood on her face is held by security? Richmond supervised injecting room on Lennox street.

Andrews admits Flinders St site is an injecting room option

Daniel Andrews has confirmed the government bought a CBD building to potentially house a second drug injecting centre while an official review to find the best site was underway.

Police & Courts

Members of the Finks motocycle gang take off on their national run from their Melbourne headquarters, Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AAP Image/Joe Castro) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Inside the carnage of Melbourne’s bikie wars

Bloodshed came to the streets of Melbourne as feuding bikie gangs exchanged gunfire, leaving dozens of victims in their wake. But the tide is starting to turn.

Police & Courts

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NCA NewsWire Photos November 25, 2020: The family of Jordan Purcell; Ebony, Sue and Lyndon, pose for a photograph near the site of the hit and run which took Jordan's live in 2019, ahead of a press conference in Alexandra, Victoria. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Daniel Pockett

How a footy player’s death divided a regional town

The shocking hit-run that left a young footballer dead has torn apart the community of Alexandra, northeast of Melbourne, as the victim’s family push for answers.

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Maximillius (red and white) and Holymanz (yellow and black) were involved in a nasty fall at Flemington in the Group 1 Australian Guineas.

Jockey in critical condition after horror fall

A 23-year-old jockey is in a critical condition after a nasty fall in the Group 1 Australian Guineas at Flemington.

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Update: Jockey stable in ICU after shocking fall in Australian Guineas

Injured jockey Ethan Brown is in a stable condition in ICU at Royal Melbourne Hospital after a shocking fall in the Group 1 Australian Guineas at Flemington that also brought down Melbourne Cup-winning rider Mark Zahra.

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