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By Gabriella Payne A local mum has lost her car after being caught driving under the influence of drugs and speeding in a school zone outside a Springvale primary school on Wednesday morning, with two children in the car. The black Mitsubishi, driven by the 40-year-old woman, was allegedly clocked travelling at 57 kilometres per hour in a 40 zone by members of the Greater Dandenong Highway Patrol at approximately 8.30am on Wednesday 3 February. After pulling the vehicle over on Heatherton Road, police discovered the woman’s driver’s licence was suspended due to previous drug driving offences. A roadside drug test was then conducted on the spot, which returned a positive result for methylamphetamine/MDMA in the woman’s system. ....
By Gabriella Payne We’ve come a long way in the last 35 years, with life-changing inventions such as the internet and the iPhone catapulting society into the twenty-first century – and these technological advancements are also helping improve safety on our roads. The bright yellow VK Holden Commodore pictured was used by Victoria Police between 1984 and 1986. It’s a stark contrast to today’s state-of-the-art BMWs and the technology they have to offer. The newest additions to Victoria Police’s highway patrol come equipped with automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) technology, which can scan thousands of number plates per shift, a huge improvement on what police used to rely on. ....
By Gabriella Payne Sixteen people were arrested and charged for multiple offences over three days last week, as police seized weapons, drugs and cash during a south eastern operation which targeted public transport hubs in Cardinia, Casey and Greater Dandenong. The OMNI operation, which ran between Thursday 7 January and Saturday 9 January, saw police check more than 160 people and 20 different vehicles in a bid to target crime in the area – and was an overall success, with many dangerous weapons found and taken off the streets in the process. A handgun, knuckle duster, knives, extendable baton and a taser were all among the items seized by police during the operation, as well as a quantity of drugs and cash. ....