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LOCATED: Police searching for missing New Zealand man
Publish date: 11:24AM - 08 April 2014ACT Policing is seeking the public’s assistance to help locate a missing New Zealand man.
MORE Witnesses sought; elderly woman robbed
Publish date: 05:59PM - 07 April 2014ACT Policing is investigating the robbery of an elderly woman in Holt earlier today (Monday 7 March).
MORE Assault rates, property damage down across the ACT
Publish date: 09:14AM - 04 April 2014ACT Policing has seen a decline in the number of assaults in the ACT, along with an 11 percent decline in offences across the A
MORE Police urge elderly to be vigilant against scammers following callous theft
Publish date: 09:04AM - 04 April 2014Police are urging elderly people and vulnerable community members to be vigilant against scammers following an incident in Chif
MORE Joint operation leads to major drug haul and multiple arrests
Publish date: 07:34AM - 04 April 2014Five people will appear before the ACT Magistrates Court today (Friday, 4 April) on drug cultivation and trafficking charges fo
MORE Driver to face court after fleeing from police
Publish date: 05:41PM - 03 April 2014A 22-year-old Kambah man will be summonsed to court on a series of traffic charges after fleeing from police in the early hours
MORE Drink driver caught three times in five hours
Publish date: 08:58AM - 31 March 2014A man will face ACT Magistrates Court this morning (Monday 31 March) after being caught drink driving three times in five hours
MORE Police investigate suspicious fire in Scullin
Publish date: 09:17AM - 30 March 2014A garage fire in Scullin has been deemed suspicious and handed to ACT Policing for investigation.
MORE Assistance sought after burglary in Nicholls
Publish date: 09:15AM - 30 March 2014ACT Policing is seeking assistance in its investigation into a burglary at The Abbey Function Centre.
MORE Man to be charged after fleeing police
Publish date: 09:20AM - 29 March 2014ACT Policing has apprehended a 29-year-old Griffith man after he fled from police while riding a Suzuki GSXR 750 last night (Fr
MORE Police execute search warrant
Publish date: 03:07PM - 28 March 2014ACT Policing Criminal Investigations Fraud detectives executed a search warrant today (Friday, March 28), as part of an ongoing
MORE Man to face court over Phillip murder
Publish date: 08:56AM - 27 March 2014A 25-year-old Florey man will appear in the ACT Magistrates Court today (Thursday, 27 March) expected to be charged for the mur
MORE Police investigate fatal collision in Wanniassa
Publish date: 04:45PM - 26 March 2014ACT Policing is investigating a fatal collision which occurred in Wanniassa this afternoon (Wednesday, March 26).
MORE Police seize two firearms from vehicle
Publish date: 11:00AM - 26 March 2014ACT Policing has seized two rifles, ammunition, a crystalline substance suspected to be methamphetamine and numerous items of s
MORE Manuka incident resolved
Publish date: 03:14PM - 25 March 2014About 1.40pm this afternoon (Tuesday, 25 March) ACT Policing responded to an unconfirmed report of a man understood to be in po
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