Processing over 340 offenders and issuing 1372 charges, our VIPER taskforce looks back on its first 12 months of operation.
Highlights include:
π Over 560 Firearm Prohibition Order searches conducted and served a further 37.
π More than $1.4 million in cash seized
π Seized 81 firearms and imitation firearms, as well as 119 prohibited weapons
π Made over 745 seizures of illicit drugs of varying quantities and types
π Intercepted 1702 vehicles and impounded 66.
Averaging one arrest per day, the unit was launched as a new approach to fighting and responding to serious and organised crime with the ability to be deployed across Victoria on short notice.
Read more about VIPERβs first 12 months π link in bio.
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