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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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Three drivers caught drink driving in one day
Publish date: 11:11AM - 19 August 2020ACT Policing is imploring drivers to think about the dangers of drink driving after three separate drink driving incidents over one day.
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Witnesses sought to Campbell traffic incident
Publish date: 08:00AM - 19 August 2020ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and dash-cam footage following an assault in Campbell yesterday (18 August, 2020).
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Police call for dash cam footage of suspicious fire in Hall
Publish date: 04:33PM - 18 August 2020ACT Policing is calling for witnesses and dash-cam footage regarding a suspicious fire in Hall this morning (18 August 2020).
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Police seek witnesses to car driving on wrong side of the road
Publish date: 07:37AM - 18 August 2020ACT Policing is seeking dash-cam footage of a driving incident across multiple suburbs on Friday, 14 August 2020.
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Two men fined for breaches of COVID 19 quarantine directions
Publish date: 03:04PM - 17 August 2020ACT Policing has issued two Criminal Infringement Notices (CINs) on Saturday, 15 August 2020, to people in breach of the ACT’s COVID-19 quarantine directions.
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Police warning on car safety and security this winter
Publish date: 12:51PM - 17 August 2020ACT Policing is reminding motorists to take care while defrosting their vehicles this winter.
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Man to face court for unlawfully taking a child
Publish date: 08:42AM - 16 August 2020A 26-year-old man will face the ACT Magistrates Court tomorrow for unlawfully taking a 5-year-old child in Civic yesterday (Saturday, 15 August 2020).
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Man in custody after attempted child abduction in Civic
Publish date: 03:50PM - 15 August 2020ACT Policing is investigating an attempted abduction of a 5-year-old child in Civic this afternoon (Saturday, 15 August 2020).
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Family violence operation in partnership with support agencies
Publish date: 11:58AM - 14 August 2020ACT Policing in partnership with family violence support agencies completed a joint operation aimed to keep victims of family violence safe and offenders accountable.
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Police seek witnesses to aggravated robbery in Mawson
Publish date: 10:30AM - 14 August 2020ACT Policing is calling for witnesses to an aggravated robbery in Mawson on Saturday morning (9 August 2020).
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Police make sixth arrest relating to stabbing of Pitasoni Ulavalu
Publish date: 09:16AM - 14 August 2020ACT Policing made a sixth arrest yesterday (Thursday, 13 August 2020) in the continuing investigation into the stabbing death of former ACT Comanchero Commander, 48-year-old Pitasoni Ulavalu on 19 July, 2020.
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Search uncovers knife connected to homicide investigation
Publish date: 02:46PM - 13 August 2020ACT Policing Criminal Investigations detectives have located a knife suspected to be connected to the murder of Pitasoni Ulavalu on Sunday, 19 July 2020.
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Publish date: 09:25AM - 13 August 2020A 26-year-old man is due to face the ACT Magistrates Court today, Thursday, 13 August 2020, charged with affray following the stabbing death of former ACT Comanchero Commander, 48-year-old Pitasoni Ulavalu on 19 July, 2020.
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Man charged with child exploitation offences
Publish date: 08:58AM - 13 August 2020ACT Policing has charged a 44-year-old Higgins man with accessing and possessing child exploitation material.
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Publish date: 01:15PM - 12 August 2020A 41-year-old Dunlop man has been charged with high range drink driving offenses after blowing almost four times the legal limit.
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