66-year-old charged with cannabis and explosives in Numurkah
Cobram detectives charged a 66-year-old Numurkah man on 31 October 2026 after a Murray Avenue search that followed an alleged 29 October shot at a vehicle. The charges include cultivating and possessing cannabis alongside reckless endangerment, explosives and weapons counts; he was remanded to Shepparton court on 2 November.
🇦🇺 Murray Avenue, Numurkah, Victoria · Victoria, Australia
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The search
Cobram Crime Investigation Unit detectives were investigating an alleged firearms incident in Numurkah on 29 October 2026, in which a man allegedly discharged a firearm towards a vehicle.[1][2]Detectives executed a search warrant at a property on Murray Avenue on 31 October, where they located a suspicious device.[1][2]The Bomb Response Unit attended and rendered the device safe.[1][2]
The charges
A 66-year-old man was arrested at the scene.[1][2]He was charged with reckless conduct endangering serious injury, possessing and making an explosive substance, cultivating cannabis, possessing cannabis, possessing Victoria Police equipment without authority and possessing a prohibited weapon without exemption, with the police account also listing possessing an imitation firearm as a prohibited person.[1][2]He was remanded to appear at Shepparton Magistrates’ Court on 2 November.[1][2]
Photos and video
Bomb Response Unit police at the Numurkah residence after the suspicious device was found. Source: Victoria Police via europesaysA Victoria Police vehicle outside the Numurkah property on the Sunday morning after the search. Source: ABC News via europesays
Far North police stopped a Holden sedan 30 km north of Marla on 5 November 2026 and arrested two Port Augusta men aged 21 and 22. Officers allegedly found a trafficable quantity of cannabis plus 33 four-litre casks and whisky; both men were charged with commercial drug trafficking and supplying liquor to a prescribed area.
Victoria Police arrested 20 people during a drug and weapons operation at Northland's retail hub in Preston on 20 and 29 October. Two men were charged after police allegedly found cannabis alongside weapons, while 15 of the arrests were for drug possession overall.
Jason Donnelly, 33, pleaded guilty in Ballarat Magistrates' Court on 27 October 2026 to five charges after police seized 6.39 kilograms of cannabis from his car and Mount Pleasant bedroom. A magistrate granted summary jurisdiction despite his long drug record and warned that deterrence required a prison term; sentencing was set for 14 December 2026.
A 34-year-old Piara Waters man was charged on 6 October 2026 with one count of possessing cannabis and 83 counts of stealing as a servant from a Rockingham car dealership. Police allege he diverted A$96,029.93 in customer deposit refunds and A$23,000 in deposits into 21 bank accounts; he was due in Rockingham Magistrates Court on 30 October 2026.
