Music festival arrests
A Seabrook man, 21, was one of two people arrested for trafficking ecstasy and among 71 detected for drug offences by sniffer dogs at Sunday’s Future Music Festival. Senior Sergeant Mark Pilkington said most drug seizures at Flemington racecourse were for ecstasy, amphetamines and cannabis. About 50,000 people attended the event.
IT support for free
Businesses and community organisations in the west can get a free IT check-up as part of a joint state and federal government project. The Western Melbourne Regional Development Australia Committee has launched an online survey, with participating businesses receiving a free report on how to use technology to improve their business. Details: ictmelsurvey.com.
Become a volunteer
Wyndham residents are being urged to help others with the release of a new booklet listing volunteering opportunities. The council’s volunteer program stretches from delivering meals to frail, elderly or socially isolated residents; being the ‘face’ of the city’s visitor information centre; or walking dogs for residents unable to do so due to impairment or disability. Details: 9742 8138.
Bandidos official shot
A Point Cook man was rushed to hospital with a bullet in his arm after a shooting related to outlaw motorcycle clubs. Investigators say multiple shots were fired at vehicles in an industrial estate at Norton Drive, Melton, about 10pm on March 1. Bandidos sergeant-at-arms Toby Mitchell, who police say was the target of the shooting, was shot in the right bicep by members of rival clubs. The Point Cook man, 38, was taken to Royal Melbourne Hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Detectives have been drawn from different Victoria Police taskforces to form Operation Resound in a bid to combat the escalating violence between outlaw motorbike clubs
in Melbourne.
On your bike
Wyndham students will be among thousands taking part in thew national Ride2School day next week. Hundreds of children from Wyndham’s primary and secondary schools are expected to ride, scoot, skate or walk to school on March 22. Deputy mayor Marie Brittan said encouraging children to ride bikes to school could help stave off diabetes and obesity and keep cars off clogged roads. “Cycling has so many benefits, both for the individual and the community.”
