Police

Police thank witnesses as two recover in hospital following Port Welshpool collision

POLICE have thanked witnesses, and individuals who have shared footage with them from the scene of a collision on Tuesday, September 9. Two Air Ambulances were called to Port Welshpool on Tuesday at 8.40am after two vehicles collided at the...

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Sentinel-Times

11 Sep 2025

Police

Flowers line the entrances at stations across the state

C In our thoughts, the front-line workers in blue COMMUNITIES across the state are mourning the loss of two police officers who were killed in the line of duty on Tuesday in Porepunkah. A third officer remains in hospital, recovering from serious...

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Chloe Kent

28 Aug 2025

Police

Police appeal for help after axes drawn in Wonthaggi carjacking

DETECTIVES from the Bass Coast Crime Investigation Unit are investigating a carjacking and related damage to a passerby’s vehicle, which occurred in Wonthaggi Tuesday, August 12, 2025. Police have been told that at a time between about 9pm and...

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Sentinel-Times

15 Aug 2025

Police

Justice on top of the podium in Wonthaggi police olympics

THE Bass Coast Police Service Area Eyewatch page of social media has posted what has been described as the “your most entertaining post ever” after chasing down a local fugitive in the Wonthaggi CBD on Thursday, August 14. The female, who failed...

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Sentinel-Times

15 Aug 2025

Police

Fearful Cowes incident highlights lack of police, says victim

A 68-year-old Cowes woman was awoken at 1.30am on Tuesday morning this week by the sound of a car door banging repeatedly. Living close to the town’s main street, noises are a regular occurrence, but this was different. “I wasn’t going to get...

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Michael Giles

13 Aug 2025

Police

Police chase down Wonthaggi woman after stealing 99-year-olds’ scooter

IT’S about as callous as it gets when it comes to opportunistic thefts, stealing a 99-year-olds mobility scooter. But, as has been revealed in an update on the Bass Coast Police Service Area Eyewatch page on Facebook – they got her! “About the...

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Sentinel-Times

12 Aug 2025

Police

Police disrupt Phillip Island drug run

STONERS on Phillip Island might have to look elsewhere for their drugs after police seized a commercial quantity of cannabis and other drugs and charged two Cowes’ residents with a range of offences following an incident near Koo Wee Rup on...

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Sentinel-Times

08 Aug 2025

Police

There ain’t no leniency anymore

BASS Coast Highway Patrol are enforcing the full law when it comes to e-scooters after a period of continual unsafe and illegal riding. Operation Annoyance, as it’s been deemed, is targeting e-scooter riders doing the wrong thing across Bass Coast...

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Sentinel-Times

06 Aug 2025

Police

A pear-dicament for duo arrested after old trainline escapade

A MALE and female have been released on bail after a motoring exploit through the back bush reserves of Wonthaggi on Wednesday morning at 8.21am. According to local police, it is alleged that a 33-year-old male from North Wonthaggi and a 21-year-old...

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Sentinel-Times

06 Aug 2025

Police

Lock’em up, say police, after spate of car thefts in Leongatha and Wonthaggi

IN ONE of three aggravated burglaries, involving car thefts over the weekend, the Wonthaggi owner of one of the cars awoke to see three offenders legging it away down Cuttlers Circuit in the early hours of Monday morning, July 21. On that occasion...

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Michael Giles

21 Jul 2025

Police

Extortion, threats to kill in local tobacco war

DETECTIVES from Taskforce Lunar charged a man ON Wednesday this week following a number of threats made to an as yet unopened tobacco store in the Bass Coast area on behalf of an offshore syndicate leader. A 52-year-old Tarneit man, initially...

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Sentinel-Times

17 Jul 2025

Police

Large cannabis crop house located at Tooradin

Southern Metro Region Divisional Response Unit detectives arrested three people after a large cannabis crop house was located in Tooradin on Wednesday, July 16. Police executed a search warrant at a rural property on Hardys Road and seized more than...

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Sentinel-Times

17 Jul 2025

Police

Inverloch welcomes a new police sergeant with a familiar name

... locals say there’s always work to be done! THAT’S pretty amazing! The Bass Coast Police Service Area Facebook page ‘Eyewatch’ has alerted the Inverloch and district community to a very interesting piece of information about family...

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Sentinel-Times

12 Jul 2025