Police arrest people at a bikie clubhouse in regional Victoria as part of an investigation into an arson incident in Melton, linked to a reported firebombing of a tobacco store. Reports say the investigation follows an attack about eight days earlier.
According to outlets, investigators allege the firebombing attempt went wrong and left the person accused of setting the store alight mistakenly catching fire, with ABC and other reports describing him as seriously injured and fighting for life. ABC says police arrest several people, including a “patched” Bandidos member, and that searches and arrests relate to multiple incidents being examined.
Other reports focus more specifically on the Melton tobacco store incident and describe a police swoop on the Bandidos clubhouse in regional Victoria. While coverage varies in how broadly it characterizes the wider probe, all accounts connect the arrests and clubhouse search to the alleged botched arson event.
