Rainfall
Rainfall totals have been steady year on year as Healesville resident Alma Mitchell recorded 61.1mm of rain throughout 23 days in July. This is very similar to the 63.4mm she collected across 24 days of July in 2020.
While over in Coldstream West, local resident Peter Stuart recorded 55.5ml of rain across the month. This is up from last year’s figure of 34.5ml in 2020, but down on the 64.5ml recorded in 2019.
Lost
Lilydale Police are searching for the owners of several recovered items believed to be stolen from various locations.
Police have posted numerous photos online to the Eyewatch – Yarra Ranges Facebook page of different items in hopes of returning them to their rightful owners.
If you have any information relating to the property, contact First Constable George at Lilydale Police on 9739 2401.
Two-fer Tuesday
The Marysville SES Unit were called out to a report of two people trapped in a vehicle that was in danger of slipping over the edge of a steep, high embankment.
After conflicting reports of locations, the SES crew began a coordinated search effort of likely locations with Ambulance Victoria, Police and CFA teams arriving to assist.
The vehicle was located on a slippery, narrow walking track between Keppel Lookout and Steavenson Falls. The occupants were safely assisted from the vehicle and scene as conditions on the track deteriorated.
DELWP have since closed the walking track pending further assessment and SES advise locals to stay clear of the area until the track barriers are removed.
As this job was unfolding, the SES unit received a call to assist Ambulance Victoria with a patient who had fallen from a bike on Free Fern Gully Trail between Marysville and Steavenson Falls.
The patient required the use of a stretcher and was helped to the ambulance on Yellow Dog Road, again in slippery and muddy conditions.
Montrose raids find drugs
Detectives from the Echo Taskforce located drugs and cash during a number of warrants executed last week as part of an ongoing investigation into drug trafficking linked to the Mongols Outlaw Motor Cycle Gang (OMCG).
On Friday 30 July, police executed warrants at four residential properties in Southbank, Docklands, Montrose and Reservoir.
Designer clothes, jewellery and watches believed to be valued at about $1 million, cash and steroids were seized from the Southbank address, while a quantity of cocaine was located at the Montrose address.
A 30-year-old Montrose man, who is a patched member of the Mongols OMCG, was arrested and charged with trafficking drugs of dependence and possessing drugs of dependence.
He has been bailed to appear at Ringwood Magistrates’ Court on 5 November.
“This operation has been running for a significant period of time and the results speak volumes to the professionalism and dedication of the Echo Taskforce members,“ Assistant Commissioner Bob Hill, Crime Command said.
“Most importantly police have been able undertake significant disruption activities, which potentially has curtailed crimes of violence from occurring.“
