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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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Police call for dash cam footage following pursuit
Publish date: 03:40PM - 21 September 2020ACT Policing is seeking dash-cam footage of a vehicle involved in a pursuit through numerous Canberra suburbs early this morning (Monday, 21 September 2020).
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Police urge continued COVID vigilance over school holidays
Publish date: 12:08PM - 21 September 2020ACT Policing has encouraged residents to keep up the good work over the school holidays as borders open up.
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Police seek witnesses to Dunlop aggravated robbery
Publish date: 10:48AM - 21 September 2020ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and footage which may identify three people involved in a Dunlop robbery yesterday (Sunday, 20 September 2020).
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Police seek witnesses and footage to Dunlop arson
Publish date: 10:16AM - 20 September 2020ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and footage following a vehicle arson committed in Dunlop yesterday (Saturday, 19 September 2020).
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Police to search Mulligans Flat Reserve this weekend
Publish date: 10:04AM - 18 September 2020ACT Policing and members of the ACT State Emergency Service (SES) will conduct a search on a large area of Mulligans Flat Reserve this weekend (19-20 September, 2020) in relation to long-term missing person Jean Policarpio.
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Drink driver caught more than seven times the limit
Publish date: 09:18AM - 18 September 2020A 37-year-old Wanniassa man will face the ACT Magistrates Court today (Friday, 18 September 2020) charged with high range drink driving.
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Police seek identity of man involved in Greenway incident
Publish date: 08:57AM - 17 September 2020ACT Policing is seeking to identify a man involved in an act of indecency at the Coles Supermarket in Greenway on Saturday, 5 September 2020.
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Police seek witnesses to aggravated robbery at Gungahlin restaurant
Publish date: 08:30AM - 17 September 2020ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and footage following an aggravated robbery at a Gungahlin restaurant on Tuesday, 15 September 2020.
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Police confirm identity of deceased person located at Isaacs Ridge
Publish date: 03:53PM - 16 September 2020The identity of a body found at Isaacs Ridge on Tuesday, 8 September 2020, has been confirmed as that of missing Canberra teenager Rooney Mawa, aged 19.
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Police seek witnesses to multiple assaults in Gungahlin
Publish date: 11:25AM - 16 September 2020ACT Policing is calling for public assistance to identify a driver who assaulted the passenger in a moving vehicle in Gungahlin on Sunday, 6 September 2020.
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Publish date: 04:15PM - 14 September 2020ACT Policing forced the closure of a bar in Civic for breaching the Liquor Act 2010, during a COVID-19 compliance check over the weekend.
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Man charged following multiple ram raids
Publish date: 12:42PM - 14 September 2020A 35-year-old Aranda man has been charged following multiple ram raids across the ACT over the past week.
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Man arrested after disturbance in Wanniassa
Publish date: 09:09AM - 14 September 2020A 29-year-old Bonython man is due to appear in the ACT Magistrates Court today to face multiple charges after a disturbance in Wanniassa on Saturday (12 September 2020).
MORE Police seek witnesses to Turner collision
Publish date: 09:58AM - 13 September 2020ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and dash-cam footage following a collision between a car and a bicycle on Northbourne Avenue, Turner.
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ACT Policing arrest prolific property offender
Publish date: 09:40AM - 12 September 2020ACT Policing yesterday arrested a 33-year-old Bonython man for stealing a motor vehicle and associated offences. The man is due to face the ACT Magistrates Court today (Saturday, 12 September 2020).
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