MORE than 150 firearm checks have recently been conducted across Latrobe Valley.
Officers from Traralgon Uniform and Morwell Divisional Response Unit – assisted by the divisional firearms officer – attended 150 properties to ensure licensed firearms holders were complying with storage obligations.
Operation Vulvan ran from January 17 to January 18.
Police were pleased to have identified only one storage breach throughout the checks, with one man found to be storing a firearm in a clothing locker. He was issued a notice to improve.
Crime data reveals six firearms were stolen from properties across the Latrobe local government area in the year to September 2025.
The year before recorded 14 firearm thefts in the area.
To help prevent firearm theft, police conduct residential inspections to ensure legal firearms are stored as safely and securely as possible.
For more information on firearms compliance visit https://www.police.vic.gov.au/firearm-storage
