A man has been detained as part of the ongoing search for alleged double murderer Dezi Freeman after heavily-armed officers descended on a home in Myrtleford.
Tactical officers with unmarked cars and an armoured vehicle stormed the home in Victoria’s Alpine region about 4pm on Friday, the Herald Sun reports.
The man, who wore a black hood over his face, was pictured being led from the home near the corner of Standish Street and Roberts Street in handcuffs.
It’s understood the man was detained as officers searched the home for illegal guns, as part of the wider investigation into an alleged double murder.
Freeman, 56, has been on the run for over three weeks after allegedly gunning down two officers and fleeing into dense Australian bushland.
Detective Leading Senior Constable Neal Thompson and Senior Constable Vadim de Waart-Hottart lost their lives in the alleged shooting.
The fugitive, who styled himself as a ‘sovereign citizen’, is an experienced bushman who may have pre-positioned supply caches to survive in the harsh terrain.
On the morning of August 26, police attended Freeman’s remote Porepunkah property in Victoria’s alpine region to execute a search warrant related to alleged historical sex offences.
Freeman, 56, has been on the run for over three weeks after allegedly gunning down two officers and fleeing into dense Australian bushland
A man has been detained as part of the ongoing search Dezi Freeman after heavily-armed officers descended on a home in Myrtleford (pictured, police in Porepunkah)
Senior Constable Vadim de Waart-Hottart (left) and Detective Leading Senior Constable Neal Thompson (right) were gunned down and killed on August 26
Freeman, who was living in a bus, is thought to be carrying multiple firearms including a homemade shotgun, rifle, and a police weapon taken after the deadly ambush.
A $1million reward, a record for Victoria Police, has been announced for information that leads to Freeman’s capture.
He was last seen wearing dark green tracksuit pants, a matching rain jacket, brown Blundstone boots and reading glasses.
As the search for Freeman has entered its fourth week, businesses in the town of Bright have been granted $5,000 grants for loss of income.
Locals say the town and surrounding areas have become a ‘ghost town’ as hundreds of officers join the largest tactical operation in Australia’s history.
