Pair arrested after series of incidents in Mildura

Two people have been arrested in Red Cliffs this afternoon as part of a search for a Mildura man following a series of offences in the area over the past week.

The 28-year-old man and a 23-year-old Mildura woman were arrested without incident about 1.30pm this afternoon.

They were located in the backyard of a residential address on Buloke Street in Red Cliffs after several members of the public called triple zero (000).

The pair will now be interviewed by police.

The arrests follow a series of incidents in the Mildura area dating back to Thursday, 28 May which are being investigated by detectives from the Armed Crime Squad.

This includes an alleged armed robbery and non-fatal shooting on Hawthorne Grove in Mildura on 28 May, an assault at a business on Indi Avenue in Red Cliffs on 2 June, and a cross-border pursuit which ended in the Trentham Cliffs area this morning.

A 28-year-old Mildura man was arrested last night in relation to the assault in Red Cliffs and he remains in hospital under police guard.

Over the past week, significant searches of the area have taken place involving detectives from the Armed Crime Squad and Mildura Crime Investigation Unit, local Mildura police, the Special Operations Group and other specialist services, with support from NSW Police.

Police would like to thank members of the local community and the media for their assistance with this matter.

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