Croydon Divisional Tasking Unit have seized a large amount of 1-4 Butanediol, known as GHB, during a series of warrants in Rowville, Hallam and Seaford this month. The total amount seized has an estimated street value of more than $550,000. Forming part of Operations Cronus and Beaches, police attended several properties over the past week and arrested four people. Police executed warrants at a residential address in Colorado Crescent, Rowville on 15 April, a warehouse in Wedgewood Road, Hallam on 23 April and at a property in Milroy Street, Seaford yesterday. Police have since charged four people with trafficking a…
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POLICE are looking to speak to a woman after stolen bank cards were used at a Mentone service station earlier this month. A woman had bank cards and other items stolen from her car on 7 April. The next morning, those cards were used to make purchases at a service station. Moorabbin Crime Investigation Unit detectives have released a CCTV image of a woman who they believe can help them with their enquiries. Anyone who recognises the woman or has information can contact Crime Stoppers at 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential report online at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au First published in…
REGISTRATION is set to open for 2021 four-year-old kindergarten places. Applications through the central registration system for Kingston kindergartens open 1 May. The central registration system covers 26 local kindergartens. The mayor Georgina Oxley said the system “ensures a fair allocation process”. “Parents can nominate their top three preferred kindergartens and over recent years around 97 per cent of families have received an offer at their kindergarten of choice,” she said. “Places are prioritised based on a set of criteria including proximity and prior connection to the kindergarten, so to be included in the first allocation round simply submit your…
BUSES will replace trains on the Frankston line during a four day construction blitz at Mentone and Cheltenham stations. Buses will run between Mordialloc and Frankston from 8.15pm, 30 April, to 8.15pm, 1 May. From then until the last train on 3 May, buses replace trains between Caulfield and Frankston. Trains have been running express through Mentone and Cheltenham stations after they closed last month. They both will be replaced by new stations, which are scheduled to open in the middle of the year (“Virus won’t stop station works”, The News, 25/3/20). Old timber buildings at the two stations are…
ALTHOUGH the doors to local libraries may be shut, there are still plenty of ways to access books and resources. Library card holders can still access audiobooks, eBooms, and eMagazines online during the library closure period. Frankston City Libraries manager Tammy Goodwin said there were multiple apps that could be used in conjunction with a library card to access reading material. “Before you pay for your audiobooks through other platforms, make sure you check our BorrowBox, RB Digital and CloudLibrary apps for the books you’re looking for with your Frankston City Libraries membership,” she said. “Our friendly staff are only…