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In this section you will find the latest news on arrests, missing persons, seizures and crimes committed and solved in the ACT.
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Drivers nabbed for speeding, drink driving and riding a stolen motorbike
Publish date: 04:20PM - 08 October 2024Three people have been charged following multiple instances of poor driving behaviour in Tuggeranong over the weekend.
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Police seeking to identify men in relation to nightclub assault
Publish date: 12:44PM - 08 October 2024ACT Policing is seeking the public’s assistance to identify six men believed to have been involved in an assault at a nightclub in the city early yesterday morning.
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Woman charged for assaulting police during family violence incident
Publish date: 08:59AM - 07 October 2024A 47-year-old woman will face the ACT Magistrates Court today after allegedly assaulting police and a child during a family violence incident last night.
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Man to face court after allegedly choking partner
Publish date: 07:59AM - 07 October 2024A 45-year-old man will face court today after allegedly choking and slapping his partner during an incident over the weekend.
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Police call for calm ahead of protest activity
Publish date: 04:13PM - 04 October 2024ACT Policing is asking anyone planning to protest in the nation’s capital over the coming days to do so peacefully.
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Police execute search warrants following assault incidents in July
Publish date: 09:25AM - 04 October 2024ACT Policing has executed five search warrants in the past fortnight in relation to three alleged assault incidents that occurred earlier this year.
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Man to face court following incident at licenced premises in Gungahlin
Publish date: 01:07PM - 03 October 2024A 32-year-old man will face the ACT Magistrates Court following an incident at a licenced premises in Gungahlin last month.
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UPDATED Police seeking to identify man following March incident IDENTIFIED
Publish date: 09:45AM - 03 October 2024Update at 5.45pm Thursday 3 October 2024: Thank you Canberra. The man we sought to identify today has presented himself to a police station this afternoon and is assisting with enquiries.
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Police seeking witnesses to Braddon assault
Publish date: 11:32AM - 01 October 2024ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an assault in Braddon yesterday where two men attacked another man.
MORE Man charged with multiple family violence offences and assaulting police
Publish date: 09:50AM - 01 October 2024A 23-year-old Belconnen man will face the ACT Magistrates Court this morning charged with multiple family violence offences and assaulting police.
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UPDATE Police seeking to locate three vehicles stolen this morning FOUND
Publish date: 09:21AM - 29 September 2024Good news Canberra, all three stolen vehicles have been recovered. Thank you for your assistance.
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Seeking witnesses to assaults and robbery at Kowen Forest dance party
Publish date: 07:50AM - 29 September 2024ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and information following a series of assaults and robberies at a dance party near the Sutton Road in Kowen Forest early today.
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UPDATE Police renew calls for assistance to locate Mathilde Pouliquin
Publish date: 04:46PM - 28 September 2024Following extensive investigations, a woman's body has been located in NSW. At this time, investigators believe it is the missing 26-year-old woman we posted about on Friday and Saturday. There are no suspicious circumstances being considered by police.
MORE Two men charged with firearms offences
Publish date: 09:01AM - 28 September 2024Two men have been charged with firearms offences following search warrant activity at two business premises in Mitchell yesterday.
MORE Witnesses and dash-cam footage sought to Tuggeranong Parkway collision
Publish date: 01:56PM - 27 September 2024ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and dash-cam footage of a two vehicle collision that occurred earlier this month on the Tuggeranong Parkway.
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