Overview

• Heavily armed officers surrounded a Standish Street property in Myrtleford, with a hooded man briefly handcuffed before police said no one was arrested.
• Investigators described the action as part of firearm prohibition order checks linked to the wider probe into the August 26 killings.
• Freeman, 56, is accused of fatally shooting Detective Leading Senior Constable Neal Thompson and Senior Constable Vadim de Waart‑Hottart near Porepunkah before fleeing into bushland.
• The search remains extensive with hundreds of personnel deployed daily and more than 100 properties, caves and mines examined, alongside ADF support.
• A $1 million reward for information leading to Freeman's arrest is active, and the state has offered business grants as tourism in the High Country has suffered during the operation.