Heavily-armed police swoop on home in their hunt for accused cop killer

Heavily equipped officers surrounded a location successful Myrtleford, wherever officers detained and cuffed a hooded man.

His spot was raided for a firearm prohibition bid search.

"All nan service group were connected nan road, and they said we couldn't travel down nan street," witnesses said.

The hunt for accused double execution Dezi Freeman is now successful it's 26th time pinch officers still moving to bring justness for 2 of their own.

Detective Leading Senior Constable Neal Thompson and Senior Constable Vadim De Waart-Hottart were ambushed while serving a warrant successful Victoria's precocious country.

Today, their colleagues and friends honoured them astatine Albert Park Lake successful a 71 kilometre relay, raising money for nan fallen officers' families.

"We are 1 large bluish family," Kim Bramwell of Victoria Police said.

"And we each do travel together successful times for illustration this."

Victoria Police's Sarah Boyle worked pinch De Waart-Hottart.

"So it's very very adjacent and beloved to my bosom arsenic good and our units bosom arsenic well," Boyle said.

Run to Remember was organised by Senior Constable Alex Prestney who knows nan symptom of losing a loved 1 successful nan statement of work - his relative killed successful nan Eastern Freeway tragedy.

"We felt that we conscionable wanted to do thing knowing exaclty what it feels for illustration and what nan support from nan organization feels for illustration and it was our measurement of giving back," he said.

As nan officers ran astir Albert Park, their minds were besides connected their colleagues searching successful nan state's north.

Despite constabulary receiving hundreds of tips, location still haven't been immoderate confirmed sightings of nan fugitive.

"We consciousness for nan members who are up location moving tirelessly to effort and get this to a resolution," Prestney said.

"We afloat support and person our emotion for everyone that's progressive successful everything truthful far."

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