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The Australian
2 days ago
- The Australian
Perth tobacco shops hit with bullets and firebombed across weekend
Tobacco stores across Perth have been shot at and firebombed across the weekend as police determine if the incidents are linked. The first shooting unfolded at a smoke shop on Cecil Ave in Cannington when bullets were fired about 1.10am on Saturday. Two off-road motorcycles were seen in the area about the same time before heading into bushland from the Albany Highway. A smoke shop in Cannington, in Perth's southeast, has been shot at twice over the weekend. Picture: 9News About 4.10am the following morning, two people in a black Holden Barina fired shots towards the same business and then fled the area. Police received reports a Barina matching the description of the car used in the drive-by shooting was on fire near the intersection of Mills Rd West and the Tonkin Highway in Martin about 4.30am on Sunday. Acting Superintendent Eamon Flanagan said police believed both incidents were linked and asked anyone with information that could help identify the offenders to come forward. Police believe the incidents are linked. Picture: 9News 'Rest assured, we will leave no stone unturned, we will locate and charge those responsible,' he said. 'Gun violence is a dead end and so is your freedom when we catch up with you. 'The safety of our community is non-negotiable, we will not allow gun violence to run rife in Western Australia.' Police say there is no place for gun violence in Western Australia. Picture: 9News Another tobacco store was firebombed on Illawarra Crescent in Ballajura about 4.05pm on Monday. Firefighters extinguished a small blaze at the store and no one was injured. A police spokesman said inquiries were ongoing and the matter was being treated as suspicious. 'A number of investigative actions are being undertaken to ascertain whether this incident is linked to the two incidents in Cannington,' a spokesman said.
ABC News
2 days ago
- ABC News
Three shootings and arson in suburban Perth potentially linked to organised crime
A string of shootings and fires targeted at tobacco stores in Perth's suburbs are part of a potential turf war racket of "arson and extortion", detectives say. WA Police detectives are probing three shootings and two fires which occurred over the past three days. Two of the incidents occurred at the same smoke shop on Cecil Avenue in Cannington, south of Perth, in the early hours of Saturday morning. Police say the first shooting occurred about 1:10am, when two shots penetrated the store's metal roller shutter and a glass window. Two off-road motorcycles were observed nearby at the time, which were seen crossing Albany Highway into bushland. Police received reports of the same store being shot at again the following morning, around 4am, by two people in a black sedan. A vehicle parked outside the store, which had a 27-year-old security guard inside, was also shot at. Police say both the building and the car were damaged in the shooting, but the man was unharmed and is assisting with the investigation. Later on Sunday morning, a pub adjacent to a tobacco store at a shopping complex in Ballajura was targeted in broad daylight about 9am. Police say gunshots damaged a window and vehicle. The alleged offenders returned to the same shopping complex on Monday and set fire to another store, just metres away from the pub, according to police. The same store was targeted by arson attacks on two separate occasions earlier this year in January and July. In another incident around 2am on Monday, alleged offenders forced their way into another store on Pipit Close in Huntingdale, south of Perth, and set fire to the premises. WA Police Commander Gordon Fairman said he believed all of the incidents were linked. "Over the last six months there's been an escalation of violence against tobacco businesses in Perth. "We've seen the level of violence in other jurisdictions and we are throwing everything we have at this investigation to make sure they do not escalate any further in Perth." On Sunday, Acting Superintendent, Eamon Flanagan, said the serious and organised crime division has thrown significant resources at the investigation. He said there was no evidence to suggest the targeted store owner is involved in the illicit tobacco industry. "We do have a number of suspects," he said. The same Cannington smoke shop was the target of another incident about a month ago when a vehicle attempted to ram-raid the premises. Two people were charged in relation to that incident. Premier Roger Cook said the state government's new gun laws, which are in the process of being implemented, would help reduce the risk posed by firearms in the community. "The ongoing risks associated with gun violence, the only way we can get on top of that is the full implementation of our gun laws," he said. "They're the biggest reform of Western Australia's gun laws in over two decades."
News.com.au
2 days ago
- News.com.au
Perth tobacco stores sprayed with bullets and firebombed
Tobacco stores across Perth have been shot at and firebombed across the weekend as police determine if the incidents are linked. The first shooting unfolded at a smoke shop on Cecil Ave in Cannington when bullets were fired about 1.10am on Saturday. Two off-road motorcycles were seen in the area about the same time before heading into bushland from the Albany Highway. About 4.10am the following morning, two people in a black Holden Barina fired shots towards the same business and then fled the area. Police received reports a Barina matching the description of the car used in the drive-by shooting was on fire near the intersection of Mills Rd West and the Tonkin Highway in Martin about 4.30am on Sunday. Acting Superintendent Eamon Flanagan said police believed both incidents were linked and asked anyone with information that could help identify the offenders to come forward. 'Rest assured, we will leave no stone unturned, we will locate and charge those responsible,' he said. 'Gun violence is a dead end and so is your freedom when we catch up with you. 'The safety of our community is non-negotiable, we will not allow gun violence to run rife in Western Australia.' Another tobacco store was firebombed on Illawarra Crescent in Ballajura about 4.05pm on Monday. Firefighters extinguished a small blaze at the store and no one was injured. A police spokesman said inquiries were ongoing and the matter was being treated as suspicious. 'A number of investigative actions are being undertaken to ascertain whether this incident is linked to the two incidents in Cannington,' a spokesman said.
BBC News
17-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Up to 160 homes could be built near Hinkley Point C
Up to 160 new homes could be built near a nuclear power Homes initially proposed the homes in the village of Cannington, Somerset, a few miles from Hinkley Point C, in plans for the same number of properties have now come forward, with Somerset Council expected to make a decision on the proposal later in the proposed development would lie on the eastern side of the Cannington bypass, the Local Democracy Reporting Service reports. Almost a third of the 160 new homes planned would be affordable, with properties ranging from one-bedroom flats to four-bedroom would be from an existing spur off Brymore Way, with the development linking up to the cycle lines which run along the road towards the A39. A spokesman for Pegasus Planning, which represents the applicant, said: "During the construction period, the proposals are anticipated to support the employment of 496 people through direct and indirect jobs."Cannington has seen growing interest from housing developers since construction began at the Hinkley Point C site, with thousands of new workers seeking accommodation in and around Nicholson South West recently finished 73 homes at the Grange Meadow development on the edge of the council will make a final decision on the Strongvox proposals before the end of the year.
News.com.au
12-06-2025
- News.com.au
Man allegedly armed with blowtorch threatens to set alight gas cylinders at Bunnings
A man has been charged after he allegedly threatened to set fire to gas cylinders with a blowtorch during a wild rampage at a Bunnings store in Perth. Officers from the Tactical Response Group and other emergency crews swarmed the Cannington store on Wednesday evening, after the man allegedly armed himself with a blowtorch and threatened to set alight the gas cylinders outside the store. Police allege the man had been seen acting suspiciously inside the Bunnings just before the incident. The TRG and emergency crews evacuated the store and set up a 200m exclusion zone as officers tried to negotiate with the man. Footage from the incident shows the man suddenly fall as several TRG officers approached and pinned him to the ground. Firefighters can be seen spraying water across the scene as more officers swarm in to control the man. A witness on holiday from Germany told The West Australian newspaper a person who was there earlier said he put the gas cylinders on fire. 'You could hear gunshots, but it was different from normal ones,' Nelly Funk told the newspaper. 'The firefighters were spraying water on him. 'I was shocked, when I heard the police it was quite a shock for me – we are actually from Germany, and it's our first month here.' A 42-year-old man from Kelmscott in Perth's east has been charged with burglary, stealing, being armed to cause fear and endangering life. He is due to appear in the Armadale Magistrates Court on Thursday.
