Police announce $1m reward for information on Dezi Freeman and warn public not to go looking for ‘high-risk’ Porepunkah fugitive

Victoria’s largest reward ever offered for arrest as alpine hunt for alleged killer of two police enters 12th day

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Victoria police have announced a million-dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of fugitive Dezi Freeman but given strict warnings to the public not to go searching, after the alleged murder of two police officers in Porepunkah last month.

The reward of “up to $1m” is the largest ever offered in Victoria for an arrest, said Det Insp Dean Thomas from the homicide squad. Thomas told media on Saturday morning that a number of “heavily armed” specialist police continued to search bushland in the Porepunkah area.