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UPDATED Have you seen Nikita LOCATED
Publish date: 10:40AM - 26 July 2021UPDATE: Thank you Canberra, Nikita has been located safe and well.
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Police seeking witnesses to stolen vehicles
Publish date: 08:08PM - 25 July 2021ACT Policing is investigating two incidents in which a man was assaulted and vehicles stolen this morning (Sunday, 25 July 2021).
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ACT records seventh road fatality for 2021
Publish date: 10:58AM - 25 July 2021About 1:00pm last Thursday (22 July 2021), a vehicle collided with a tree on Hopetoun Circuit, Yarralumla.
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Have you seen Andrew
Publish date: 03:35PM - 24 July 2021ACT Policing is seeking the public’s assistance to locate missing 47-year-old man Andrew Gloe.
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Assistance sought to identify men following Holt assault
Publish date: 10:39AM - 24 July 2021ACT Policing is seeking assistance to identify three men following an assault at a Holt bar in the early hours of last Saturday morning (17 July 2021).
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ACT Policing COVID-19 compliance checks continue
Publish date: 04:28PM - 23 July 2021ACT Policing COVID-19 compliance checks have continued this week with 15 fines issued and one charge laid in the past seven days for breaching health directions.
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Police release CCTV images surrounding Civic Pub assault
Publish date: 10:25AM - 23 July 2021ACT Policing has released CCTV images to assist in identifying four men believed to have information about the assault of a 28-year-old man in Braddon between 9:30pm and 10:00pm on Thursday, 8 July 2021.
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Duo to face court after crashing stolen car
Publish date: 08:44AM - 23 July 2021ACT Policing responded to a collision in Gungahlin yesterday (Thursday, 22 July 2021) and arrested two men, one of whom had also been arrested last week while already on bail.
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Road closures to assist in attempted murder investigation
Publish date: 07:41AM - 22 July 2021Roads at the scene of an attempted murder traffic incident on Sunday 12 July 2021 will be closed for short periods from 12.00 Noon today (Thursday 22 July 2021).
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Items including firearms and drugs seized
Publish date: 12:58PM - 20 July 2021As part of an ongoing investigation, a significant amount of stolen property firearms, drugs and cash have been recovered by po
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Police arrest one and fine 13 for COVID breaches
Publish date: 09:03AM - 17 July 2021ACT Policing yesterday (Friday, 16 July 2021) arrested a 34-year-old Campbell man for a COVID-19 compliance breach at a Canberra City retailer and issued 13 university students with fines for breaching health directions.
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Man arrested after police operation in Forrest
Publish date: 03:13PM - 16 July 2021A 26-year-old man has been arrested following a police operation at a hotel in Forrest overnight.
MORE ACT construction sites checked by police found COVID compliant
Publish date: 02:06PM - 16 July 2021ACT Policing COVID-19 compliance checks have continued this week with a focus on construction site workers, including a day of action working with WorkSafe ACT inspectors on Thursday (15 July 2021).
MORE Police seeking further information in Phillip homicide investigation
Publish date: 11:49AM - 15 July 2021ACT Policing has released images of a 2006 Silver Honda Accord sedan as part of the investigation into the death of 48-year-old Phillip man Glenn Walewicz on Thursday, 10 June 2021.
MORE Police seeking information about green Ford Laser involved in critical incident
Publish date: 03:49PM - 14 July 2021ACT Policing is seeking information regarding the movements of a green 1997 Ford Laser with registration YIF54Y that collided with three police officers on Sunday afternoon (11 July 2021).
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