Police have issued a warning for anyone considering aiding fugitive Dezi Freeman and called on the accused cop killer to surrender.

“If he is being aided in his escape, whoever is considering aiding him in this escape or avoiding apprehension, they are committing a criminal offence,” Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Mike Bush said, as an intense manhunt continued in the state’s northeast.

“If that person is listening, it really is time to lay down your firearms and give yourself up,” Mr Bush said.

Worsening weather was making the search of dense bushland more difficult, but he reassured the Porepunkah community that police would remain in the area until Mr Freeman is in custody.

“We are not leaving here until this person is in custody,” he said.

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