Armed police arrested woman and a teenage boy in an overnight operation, as they continue to hunt for a fugitive accused of murdering two officers.
The raid took place on Thursday night near Chandler Court and Francis Street in Porepunkah, about 300km northeast of Melbourne.
Around the same time, Victoria Police issued a “dangerous person” alert at 9.34 pm.
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“A 42-year-old woman and 15-year-old boy were safely arrested at the address and taken into custody,” police confirmed in a statement on Friday.
“The Porepunkah pair were interviewed and released pending further enquiries.”
The arrests were related to the ongoing search for Dezi Freeman, 56, which is entering its fourth day.
Footage released online and put up on the Herald-Sun website showed police cars and officers at a property.
Journalists on the scene reported that a person on a loudspeaker told people to come out “with nothing in your hands”. It’s believed a number of people were spoken to by police.
Victoria Police are yet to confirm any of the details of the operation, as the search for Dezi Freeman, 56, enters its fourth day.
Officers will on Friday scour mines, caves and dugouts for Freeman, as tough weather conditions continue to impact the search.
Freeman, also known as Desmond Filby, fled into bushland after he allegedly killed Detective Leading Senior Constable Neal Thompson, 59, and Senior Constable Vadim De Waart, 35, at a Porepunkah property on Tuesday.
Another wounded officer, who was among a group of 10 attempting to serve a search warrant relating to alleged child sex offending, is expected to recover after undergoing surgery.
Weather conditions on the ground are forecast to deteriorate on Friday after showers laced with hail and thunderstorms passed through on Thursday, bringing wintry conditions including snowfall to 600m above sea level, senior meteorologist Angus Hines said.
Freeman, who has bush survival experience, was last seen wearing dark green tracksuit pants, a dark green rain jacket, brown Blundstone boots and reading glasses, police said.
He is believed to be a so-called sovereign citizen, an ideology that questions government authority and whose followers believe the rule of law doesn’t apply to them, and who disassociate from society.
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