{"id":242264,"date":"2025-09-20T20:35:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T20:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/242264\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T20:35:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T20:35:15","slug":"man-is-arrested-after-myrtleford-home-is-swarmed-by-heavily-armed-cops-in-hunt-for-alleged-killer-dezi-freeman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/242264\/","title":{"rendered":"Man is arrested after Myrtleford home is swarmed by heavily-armed cops in hunt for alleged killer Dezi Freeman"},"content":{"rendered":"

By OLIVIA DAY, ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR, AUSTRALIA<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 00:09 EDT, 20 September 2025 | Updated: 03:18 EDT, 20 September 2025 <\/p>\n

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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tactical officers with unmarked cars and an armoured vehicle stormed the home in Victoria’s Alpine region about 4pm on Friday, the Herald Sun<\/a> reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Freeman, 56, has been on the run for over three weeks after allegedly gunning down two officers and fleeing into dense Australian bushland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Detective Leading Senior Constable Neal Thompson and Senior Constable Vadim de Waart-Hottart lost their lives in the alleged shooting.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The man (pictured second from left) was arrested by heavily-armed officers on Friday<\/p>\n

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Freeman, 56, has been on the run for over three weeks after allegedly gunning down two officers and fleeing into dense Australian bushland<\/p>\n

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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)<\/p>\n

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Senior Constable Vadim de Waart-Hottart (left) and Detective Leading Senior Constable Neal Thompson (right) were gunned down and killed on August 26<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

A $1million reward, a record for Victoria Police, has been announced for information that leads to Freeman’s capture.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

He was last seen wearing dark green tracksuit pants, a matching rain jacket, brown Blundstone boots and reading glasses.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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