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Two men released without charge after Dezi Freeman-related arrest
Key takeaways
- Dezi Freeman spent seven months on the run.
- A third officer was seriously injured in the incident after being shot in the leg.
- Freeman spent seven months on the run until police located him living in a shipping container on a property at Thologolong on the Vic-NSW border in March.
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Dezi Freeman spent seven months on the run. (Supplied)
Link copied Share Share article Two men arrested yesterday by detectives who were involved in the search for police killer Dezi Freeman have been released without charge.
A 48-year-old and a 45-year-old were taken into custody by detectives from Taskforce Summit, who continued to investigate Freeman's movements after the fatal shooting of officers Neal Thompson and Vadim de Waart-Hottart at a Porepunkah property in Victoria's north-east in August last year.
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