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Regan Hodge is a crime reporter for the Herald Sun in Melbourne. He spent time as a breaking and general news reporter and is a fan of the Rolling Stones.

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Beverford - March 2021 Officers located a tobacco farm spanning 29.3 acres. They destroyed 183 tonnes of illicit tobacco crops and 140 kilograms of processed tobacco bales, which had a potential excise value of more than $36.3 million. Source: ATO

Crime gangs’ whopping haul from Vic’s illegal tobacco trade revealed

Organised crime bosses have snared a $1bn-plus Victorian windfall in three years from illicit tobacco rackets.

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The boat reportedly capsized when hit by a wave at Barwon Heads (TWITTER/X-@reardon_shaun).

Tragic new details emerge on Barwon Heads boat death

An Anglesea fisherman who drowned at Barwon Heads on Saturday morning after his boat capsized in big seas, may have become tangled in the anchor rope.

UpdatedGeelong

Two dead after horror bayside tragedies

Two people have died after a horror Saturday morning on the Bellarine and Mornington Peninsula, while another Moriac man remains in hospital.

UpdatedPolice & Courts

Screen Grabs from a video of a car hitting a cyclist on beach Road in Melbourne.

More charges over alleged hit-runs on Beach Rd cyclists

More teens have been arrested after two cyclists were allegedly mowed down in separate hit-runs along Beach Rd in Melbourne’s southeast.

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Melbourne musician Craig Heath. Picture: youtube

Melbourne muso charged over alleged property scams

A Melbourne musician has been arrested and charged with a string of deception offences, accused of fleecing people out of almost $10m through failed building ventures.

UpdatedPolice & Courts

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY 02, 2024: Habib Musa, 27, leaves the Melbourne Magistrates' Court after being charged with arson following a blaze at Caulfield burger shop Burgertory. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

Pair accused of Burgertory blaze revealed

The two men charged with torching a Caulfield burger joint — sparking volatile protests — have been named, after the second accused fronted court.

Victoria

Shenley Croft in Canterbury going up in flames.

Fate of historic mansion targeted by arsonists hangs in balance

A tense council meeting next week will determine if the remnants of historic Canterbury mansion Shenley Croft gutted in an arson attack will be ripped down or rebuilt.

ExclusivePolice & Courts

Images of missing Colombian national Sergio Cuesta

Missing man feared dead lived in lavish city home

A Colombian man who is feared to have been murdered lived in an expensive Melbourne city apartment before his mysterious disappearance.

Police & Courts

Flinders Street Station Graffiti. Picture: Jason Edwards

Man charged over Flinders Street Station tagging

Police have charged a 23-year-old man after he allegedly scaled the outside of the Flinders Street Station building before tagging the heritage-listed site with unsightly graffiti.

South East

MELBOURNE,AUSTRALIA-NewsWire Photos 1 FEBRUAY, 2024: Funeral for the four Phillip Island Drowning victimsThe joint funeral service for the four victims who drowned at Phillip Island last week is being held on Thursday at Stratus Chapel at Bunurong Memorial ParkPicture : NCA NewsWire / Valeriu Campan.

Drowning victims ‘won everyone’s hearts’, funeral hears

The four people who died in Victoria’s worst drowning in 20 years have been farewelled at a moving funeral.

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