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ROBINVALE

Firearms theft

OFFENDERS have stolen firearms and ammunition from a gun safe after they gained entry to a shed on a property in Hattah-Robinvale Road, Wemen, on the morning of Saturday April 13.

SWAN HILL

Motorcycle theft

TWO motorcycles have been stolen from a business in Campbell Street between 5pm, Friday, April 12, and 8am the following day.

Offenders forced entry to the businesses yard and left with a red and white 2019 Honda 125 CRF and a black and white Koshire 49cc 2 stroke.

Attempted burglary

OFFENDERS attempted to gain access to Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery between 5pm, Sunday, April 7, and 12pm Sunday, April 14. Doors were damaged in the attempt.

Drug possession

A MALE has been arrested after police found him in possession of cannabis and a substance believed to be GHB.

Police searched the 32-year-old male after they were called to perform a welfare check on a man found lying on a nature strip in Swan Hill.

BULOKE.

Searches find drugs

A 50-year-old man has been charged with numerous offences including trafficking methyl amphetamine and cannabis after Bendigo Highway Patrol intercepted a vehicle that was driving erratically on the Calder Highway on April 8.

When searching the vehicle, police located a quantity of both substances, before a search warrant conducted at a Wycheproof address found a quantity of cannabis.

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