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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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Have you seen Hannah McKay

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ACT Policing is seeking the public’s assistance to locate missing 13-year-old girl Hannah McKay.
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Man charged with aggravated assault and making threats to kill following incident in Gilmore

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A 38-year-old man will face the ACT Magistrate’s Court today, charged with several offences including aggravated assault and making threats to kill following a family violence incident in Gilmore yesterday. 
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First quarter crime statistics show drop in armed robbery, shop burglary offences

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The ACT Policing crime statistics for the first quarter of 2024 have shown a significant drop in some robbery and burglary offences.   
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Man to face court charged with drink driving

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A 55-year-old man from Brunswick East, Victoria will face the ACT Magistrates Court this morning after being caught drink driving last night (Thursday, 11 April 2024). 
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Police seek witnesses and dash-cam footage of reckless driving incident

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ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and dash-cam footage of several alleged instances of reckless driving involving a Ford Falcon.
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Man charged with attempted murder

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A 39-year-old man faced the ACT Magistrates Court today (Thursday, 11 April 2024) charged with attempted murder.
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Police release CCTV footage to identify man following aggravated robbery in Narrabundah

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ACT Policing has released CCTV footage in order to identify a man who committed an aggravated robbery at the Friendly Grocer, Narrabundah yesterday afternoon.
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UPDATE: Operation TORIC charges two people after cars stolen and drugs and cash located

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UPDATE - On 10 April, 2024, Operation TORIC officers executed a search warrant on the green Holden Commodore seized from the hotel where the two suspects were arrested on 9 April. 
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Registered sex offender charged with child abuse material offences following warrants

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Between 25 March and 5 April, 2024, the ACT Joint Anti-Child Exploitation Team (JACET) conducted a number of search warrants across Canberra targeting sexual offending.  
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Police seek to identify three people who assisted a man in the City on Good Friday

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ACT Policing is seeking to identify three people who assisted a man on Alinga Street, Canberra City around 4.08am on Good Friday (29 March 2024). 
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Man charged with multiple offences following burglary in Fyshwick

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A 30-year-old NSW man has been charged with multiple offences following a burglary in Fyshwick in the early hours of this morning (Monday, 8 April 2024).
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Witnesses sought to Tuggeranong road rage incident

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ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to a road rage incident on Friday night that started on the Monaro Highway, Hume and ended in a physical altercation in Greenway.  
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Multiple drivers detected high range speeding

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ACT Policing is disappointed in driver behaviour after multiple drivers came to police attention for high-range speeding this week.
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UPDATE Information sought in relation to Chisholm burglary MAN CHARGED

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On Sunday evening (14 April 2024), ACT Policing executed a search warrant at a residence in Chisholm with assistance from the AFP’s Tactical Response Team. Yesterday morning (Monday, 15 April 224), police located the 36-year-old resident in Chisholm and he was arrested at the scene. He has been charged with burglary, theft, driving a motor vehicle without consent, driving while unlicensed, impairing electronic communication equipment and breaching a good behaviour order. 
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UPDATE Have you seen Leanne Madden? LOCATED

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Great news Canberra! The missing 44-year-old woman we posted about earlier today has been located safe and well. Thanks for your help.
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