Hundreds potentially affected by Victoria police weapons searches that breached law

December 2, 2025

Exclusive: wide-ranging police powers used to conduct non-compliant searches that resulted in 33 people being charged or fined

Victoria police will inform the state’s anti-corruption watchdog that it did not comply with the law when it used wide-ranging powers to search people for weapons on 23 separate occasions dating back eight years.

The non-compliant searches resulted in 33 people being charged or fined, all of whom will be contacted by police and informed of the issue.

Source: www.theguardian.com

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