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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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ACT records first road fatality for 2024
Publish date: 10:35AM - 18 January 2024The ACT has recorded its first road fatality for 2024 following a two-vehicle collision overnight.
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Witnesses sought to multiple serious assaults at Summernats
Publish date: 02:20PM - 17 January 2024ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to multiple serious assaults that occurred at Summernats 2024.
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Man to face court charged with stealthing
Publish date: 10:00AM - 16 January 2024A 39-year-old Lyneham man will face the ACT Magistrates Court today (Tuesday, 16 January, 2024) charged with the sexual act of stealthing.
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Man to face court on drug trafficking charges
Publish date: 08:56AM - 13 January 2024A 33-year-old Banks man will face the ACT Magistrates Court today (Saturday, 13 January 2024) charged with drug trafficking.
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Man charged with driving offences after trying to evade police
Publish date: 10:36AM - 12 January 2024ACT Policing has charged a 28-year-old Theodore man with serious driving offences after allegedly evading police over two days.
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Man and woman to face court for alleged theft
Publish date: 09:47AM - 12 January 2024A Macquarie man and woman will face the ACT Magistrates Court today after allegedly stealing thousands of dollars' worth of electronic goods from a store in Belconnen.
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Police renew appeal for information about missing man Tim Lyons
Publish date: 11:53AM - 10 January 2024ACT Policing is renewing its call for information from the public regarding missing 38-year-old man Tim Lyons, particularly from those residing in Canberra’s south.
MORE Man charged after stolen property recovered from Gungahlin burglaries
Publish date: 09:07AM - 10 January 2024ACT Policing has charged a man who allegedly committed several burglaries in the Gungahlin area over the Christmas and New Year period.
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Man caught drink driving while more than three times over the legal limit
Publish date: 10:05AM - 09 January 2024Police have charged a man with drink driving, theft, and indecent exposure following a series of incidents in Wanniassa yesterday (Monday, 8 January 2024).
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Busy Summernats weekend for ACT Policing
Publish date: 12:06PM - 08 January 2024ACT Policing was kept busy over the weekend at Summernats with several vehicles seized and multiple instances of hoon driving behaviour.
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Witnesses sought to assault in Braddon
Publish date: 09:40AM - 07 January 2024ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an alleged assault that occurred inside a pub on Lonsdale Street, Braddon this morning.
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Cash seized following investigation into drug importation
Publish date: 11:04AM - 06 January 2024ACT Policing has seized more than $120,000 in cash and charged a Gowrie man following search warrant activity yesterday.
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Stolen property recovered following Gungahlin burglaries
Publish date: 01:40PM - 05 January 2024ACT Policing has recovered a large amount of suspected stolen property following search warrant activity this week.
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Police renew appeal for information about missing woman Laura Haworth
Publish date: 10:45AM - 05 January 2024Sixteen years after Laura Haworth went missing during a Summernats weekend, ACT Policing is issuing a renewed call to the Canberra community and surrounding districts for information.
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Man extradited to ACT following December 2022 stabbing
Publish date: 07:48AM - 05 January 2024A 26-year-old man has been extradited from NSW to face court relating to the alleged serious stabbing of a man in December 2022.
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