Police have dismantled a large cannabis crop house at a home in Chelsea, following an investigation into an alleged organised crime syndicate. The Caulfield Divisional Response Unit executed a search warrant at the home on Newington Parade at 7.30am on Wednesday 8 July. It will be alleged the sophisticated set up spanned the entirety of the property – eight rooms in total – with investigators seizing more than 200 cannabis plants of varying maturity. The commercial quantity of the plants has an estimated potential street value of approximately $1.5 million. A 22-year-old man from Caroline Springs was arrested at the…
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A DELEGATION of Frankston councillors has returned from a trip to Canberra. The mayor Cr Kris Bolam, Cr Sue Baker, and Cr Brad Hill attended the 2025 Australian Local Government Association National General Assembly. Frankston Council raised four successful motions at the assembly: Increased attention on blockchain and cryptocurrency in local government, compensation for councils hosting citizenship ceremonies, support for the Federal Government’s Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024, and decentralisation of federal government agencies and jobs to outer metropolitan and regional areas.Frankston District Basketball Association CEO Wayne Holdsworth, who was named Frankston’s 2025 Citizen of the…
Frankston Crime Investigation Unit detectives charged two men and a woman after they allegedly located drugs and weapons in Frankston yesterday. Officers were called to check a suspicious vehicle in an isolated area of Overport Park on 8 July about 6.50am. It is understood police found a man inside the vehicle and conducted a search, allegedly locating a 3D printed machine gun, taser and a drone. The 49-year-old Frankston man was arrested and taken into custody. Detectives subsequently conducted a search at a property in Frankston and allegedly located a revolver and ammunition, along with a quantity of drugs including…
Compiled by Cameron McCullough WHEN Horace Sharp, Hannah Nolan and Vincent Caffra, employees at the Pier Hotel, Frankston, returned to their rooms late on Saturday night last they found them in disorder and several articles of their property missing.About 9.30 that evening, George Davies, painter, had occasion to go to Caffra’s room in the staff’s quarters of the hotel.He was surprised to find it securely locked and to see, when he finally gained admittance, a strange young man asleep on the bed.The young man, Harry Sandforth, a visitor from Cheltenham, explained when he awoke that he had been wandering around…
MORE than 100 drivers have been charged as part of a three-month operation undertaken by Frankston Police and the TAC. Operation “Imminence” has been running throughout 2025. Since its commencement 122 traffic offences have been detected with 110 drivers charged. Police say five drivers were alcohol-affected and five vehicles were impounded. In total police spent an extra 286 hours on Frankston roads, performing 1397 breath tests.The final preliminary testing site for the operation was set up in Langwarrin. A man was taken to Frankston Police Station where he returned a reading of 0.152 after allegedly attempting to avoid the site.…