A weed is creating havoc for residents in Victoria’s northeast.

Some Wangaratta locals are frustrated after large amounts of tumbleweed rolled into town — blanketing their homes, cars and driveways.

The tumbleweed, known as hairy panic grass, has reportedly inundated an entire Wangaratta street.

Resident Jason Perna said it took hours to clean the grass from his property.

“It is frustrating. You know that you’ve got a good couple hours work ahead of you and that’s always sort of displeasing,” he said.

Neighbour Pam Twitchett said the weeds had covered her outdoor dining setting.

“We’ve got a table and chairs and a daybed and probably a few plants,” she said.

Ms Twitchett said clearing the tumbleweed was tiring.

“It’s physically draining, and mentally more draining,” she said.

Cheryl Lengrand spent a day clearing her yard of the weeds, only for them to return the next day.

“I spent eight hours yesterday cleaning up the tumbleweed and this is what I’ve got today,” she said.

Hairy panic grass is common in the Wangaratta area, but this year’s dry conditions has contributed the problem.

The residents believe an unkept property across the street is to blame for the tumbleweed.

Police have seized laptops, mobile phones, bicycles, watches, rings, car keys, golf clubs and numerous other items – all of which are suspected to be stolen goods – from a home near Wagga Wagga.

As part of ongoing inquiries into property theft and drug supply, Wagga Wagga Police executed a search warrant inside a home on Mumford Street, Ashmont, shortly after 10am yesterday (Tuesday 17 February 2016).

Inside the property, officers located and seized numerous items suspected of being stolen, including:

– A ride-on lawn mower;

– Three bicycles (including an expensive road-racing bike);

– 22 laptops;

– 43 x watches;

– 61 mobile phones;

– Numerous electronic items including video game, digital cameras, tablets, hard drives, USB sticks, and DVDs;

– Jewellery, including more than 100 dress rings;

– Golf clubs;

– Car keys; and,

– Personal identification documents.

Police also seized five grams of a crystal substance, believed to be Ice, and a quantity of firearm ammunition.

A 32-year-old resident of the home was arrested at the property, before being taken to Wagga Wagga Police station where he was charged in relation to an outstanding domestic violence warrant. Granted conditional bail, he is due to appear before Wagga Wagga Local Court on 18 May 2016.

As yet, no one has been charged in relation to the suspected stolen items; however police do expect to lay charges once their inquiries are complete.

Wagga Wagga Local Area Commander, Superintendent Bob Noble, said police are now in the process of cataloguing all of the property.

“We expect the cataloguing process will take us around a week,” Superintendent Noble said.

“After that time, we will endeavour to reach out to victims of recent robberies to see if any of their goods may be among the items we retrieved yesterday.

“We ask victims to hold off calling us for the next week while we catalogue the property. To speed up the process of getting goods back to their rightful owners, we encourage victims to pull together details of their stolen items – receipts, photographs, warranties – so that we can cross-check them with the items we now have in our possession.”

Police inquiries are ongoing.