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Woodstock residents arrested after seizure of largest-ever ice shipment bound for Australia

Two Woodstock residents have been arrested following a police investigation into a planned large-scale drug importation to Australia from the US. Australian Federal Police and...

Surge in ice use in Hume

Ice-related ambulance call-outs in Hume have surged in recent years, with paramedics attending to more than 100 patients in 2016-17. Latest ambulance alcohol and drug...

Alcohol still a bigger health issue than ice

Despite widespread fears about the use of crystal methamphetamine, paramedics are being called to fewer ice-related incidents in Hume and Whittlesea. According to a new...

Footy club tackles booze and drugs

Tullamarine Football Club wants to be on the front foot when it comes to alcohol and substance abuse. Vice-president Andrew Fischer has organised a drug...

Hume police crackdown on drugs bears fruit

A Hume police crackdown on drugs is bearing fruit, with the number of use and possession offences up 67 per cent on last year. Figures...

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Don’t let your campfire become a bushfire this Summer

Fire authorities and public land managers are calling on anyone camping in Victorian parks, reserves and forests this summer to check the conditions and...