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The brag of the Melbourne Cricket Club has admitted quality mistake was down a shocking information breach that resulted successful two men allegedly smuggling loaded guns into the MCG during Thursday night's Collingwood vs Carlton match.
The MCC - which manages the favourite crushed - made the revelation arsenic the brag of the AFL Fans Association demanded answers aft the 2 men were charged.
'Our information screening units identified items of interest and further probe was required, our archetypal interior probe identified a breakdown successful the thoroughness of the secondary and manual screening processes,' MCC CEO Stuart Fox said connected Friday morning.
'As a result, we volition beryllium expanding the extensiveness of the secondary manual information process and patrons whitethorn acquisition flimsy delays arsenic they be upcoming events.'
Victoria Police said the weapons were recovered connected each of the men during a hunt astatine astir 8.30pm connected Thursday, arsenic a assemblage of 82,058 fans packed the stadium.
Officers were asked to get intervene erstwhile the men refused a petition from information to permission the venue implicit their behaviour, the unit said.
AFL CEO Andrew Dillon handed down beingness bans to the 2 men charged with allegedly smuggling loaded firearms into the MCG connected Thursday night
The CEO of the Melbourne Cricket Club, which manages the MCG, has admitted quality mistake was down the shocking alleged breach successful information (pictured, Collingwood's Darcy Moore passing the shot during the lucifer against Carlton)
The MCG underwent a information upgrade successful 2024 arsenic it introduced artificial quality into the screening process.
AFL CEO Andrew Dillon issued beingness bans to the charged men connected Friday greeting and said the alleged incidental is 'extremely disappointing'.
AFL Fans Association President Ron Issko was shocked by the incidental and said thing similar it had ever antecedently happened.
He said fans were subjected to respective information measures including walking past detector pillars and idiosyncratic information checks.
'I'm waiting for the AFL to travel backmost to maine to explicate what's happened and what they're going to bash astir it. And if they person to marque immoderate changes this play to security, fans volition accommodate,' Mr Issko said.
'We'll conscionable hold for an explanation. But I'll beryllium going to the footy this play and I've got each the assurance successful the information and the constabulary astatine the footy.'
Issko added immoderate information upgrades indispensable beryllium done urgently.
'Ninety-nine per cent of fans are great. If we've got immoderate ratbags let's get escaped of them,' helium said.
AFL Fans Association President Ron Issko said helium was shocked by the alleged incident, which constabulary assertion occurred with 82,000 fans packed into the MCG
Victoria Police allegedly discovered the loaded firearms aft the men, aged 21 and 27, refused to permission the stadium for atrocious behaviour astir 8.30pm connected Thursday (the MCG is pictured)
How are 2 men ON BAIL capable to allegedly smuggle guns into the MCG during an AFL match?#springst
— David Southwick MP (@SouthwickMP) April 3, 2025'Let's not let them travel to football, and let's beef up information if we person to.'
Both men were connected bail astatine the time.
A Broadmeadows man, 27, was charged with possessing an unregistered handgun, possessing ammunition without licence, altering the serial fig of a firearm, possessing a loaded firearm, possessing a prohibited point (Major Event Act offence) and failing to look connected bail.
A antheral from Roxburgh Park, 21, was charged with being a idiosyncratic prohibited from possessing a firearm, possessing ammunition without licence and committing an indictable offence portion connected bail.
The men were remanded to look successful the Melbourne Magistrates' Court connected Friday.
Victorian Shadow Police and Corrections Minister David Southwick spoke for galore connected Friday erstwhile helium tweeted connected X: 'How are 2 men connected bail capable to allegedly smuggle guns into the MCG during an AFL match?
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