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Two Men Arrested in Dezi Freeman Investigation

From ABC Australia · () English

Translated from English, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Two men have been arrested in Victoria and New South Wales as part of an investigation into the fugitive police killer Dezi Freeman.
  • Police executed seven warrants across rural and residential properties early this morning.
  • Freeman was shot dead by police in August after spending seven months on the run for the murders of two police officers in August.

Investigations into the manhunt for police killer Dezi Freeman have led to the arrest of two men. Law enforcement executed seven warrants across properties in both Victoria and New South Wales on Tuesday morning.

The warrants were served at rural locations in Buckland, Stanley, and Lucyvale in Victoria, starting just after 6:20 a.m. Simultaneously, New South Wales Police executed warrants at four residential properties in Greenwich Park, Tarlo, Wombeyan Caves, and Umina Beach.

A 64-year-old man from Lucyvale was arrested in Wodonga and is expected to be interviewed by police. Separately, a 47-year-old man from Wombeyan Caves was arrested in Greenwich Park on unrelated outstanding warrants.

Dezi Freeman had been on the run for seven months after fatally shooting police officers Neal Thompson and Vadim de Waart-Hottart in Porepunkah, Victoria, in August. He was later killed during a confrontation with police.

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Originally published by ABC Australia in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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