Justiça · Numurkah device investigationNumurkah suspicious device made safe; 66-year-old man chargedEscrito 31 de outubro de 2026 às 23:14 UTCVerTranscrição0:07Bomb specialists made a suspicious device safe during a property search in Numerica.0:11A66-year old man arrested at the property faces charges involving explosives, a0:16weapon and alleged dangerous conduct.0:18The search followed an allegation that a man fired towards a vehicle.0:22The questions now concern what the device contained and what happens to the man0:25facing those charges.0:26Numerica lies north of Shepperton in Northern Victoria, roughly two and a half0:31hour's drive north of Melbourne.0:33Detectives searched a property on Murray Avenue there under a warrant on Saturday,0:36October31 .0:37They discovered the suspicious device during that search and arrested the man at the0:41scene.0:41The firearm allegation concerned an earlier incident in the same town.0:45Police say investigators were told a man fired a gun towards a vehicle on Thursday,0:49October29 .0:50The warrant search and device discovery followed on Saturday, October30, first, two0:55days after the alleged gunfire.0:56Police have described the search and the firearm allegation as part of the same1:00investigation.1:00They haven't explained a more specific connection between the device and the alleged1:04gunfire.1:05The bomb response unit attended and made the device safe.1:07Police haven't said what it contained or how specialists dealt with it.1:11They continue to describe the object as a suspicious device.1:14Police place the warrant search on Murray Avenue.1:16An emergency response was reportedly on Bitcon Street around eleven thirty that1:20morning.1:20It's unclear how those locations connect, and that time can't be assigned to the1:23Murray Avenue search.1:25The man now faces several charges arising from the investigation.1:28Police haven't said whether anyone was injured.1:31Police charged him with reckless conduct endangering serious injury and possessing1:35and making an explosive substance.1:37He also faces charges of possessing Victoria police equipment without authority,1:41cultivating and possessing cannabis, and possessing a prohibited weapon without1:44exemption.1:45Those allegations will need to be tested in court.1:48The explosive substance charge alone doesn't tell us whether the suspicious device1:51contained a working explosive.1:53The man was remanded to appear at Shepperton Magistrates Court on Sunday, November1:57first, the day after his arrest.1:59We don't yet know the outcome of that scheduled appearance.Ler o artigoCronologia da históriaHeyDex
