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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter

Hundreds potentially affected by Victoria police weapons searches that breached law

Members of Victoria Police conduct a search on protesters
Victoria police have admitted to conducting a series of non-compliant search operations over eight years. Photograph: Diego Fedele/AAP

Victoria police will inform the state’s anti-corruption watchdog that it did not comply with the law when it used wide-ranging powers to search people for weapons on 23 separate occasions dating back eight years.

The non-compliant searches resulted in 33 people being charged or fined, all of whom will be contacted by police and informed of the problem.

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