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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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Monash man charged with multiple sexual offences
Publish date: 07:59AM - 27 January 2024A 43-year-old Monash man has been charged with more than 30 sex offences allegedly committed against family members and others.
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UPDATE Can you identify this man? IDENTIFIED
Publish date: 09:04AM - 26 January 2024Thank you Canberra. The man has contacted police and the matter continues to be investigated.
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Police and ABF seize more than 100kg of methamphetamine bound for the ACT
Publish date: 08:27AM - 25 January 2024This is a joint media release between ACT Policing and the Australian Border Force.
ACT Policing and the Australian Border Force (ABF) have intercepted 106kg of methamphetamine hidden in a shipment of car radiators in the ACT’s largest meth bust.
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UPDATED Police seek to identify cyclist involved in pedestrian collision IDENTIFIED
Publish date: 10:33AM - 23 January 2024Thank you Canberra. The cyclist has contacted police and the matter continues to be investigated.
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Man charged with fraud and identity theft offences
Publish date: 09:00AM - 23 January 2024A 34-year-old Gungahlin man will face the ACT Magistrates Court today (Tuesday, 23 January 2024) on more than 130 fraud and theft related charges.
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Man charged with burglary of dog pound
Publish date: 10:30AM - 22 January 2024A Waramanga man has been charged with burglary following an incident at the Domestic Animal Services facility in Symonston on the weekend.
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Speeding P-plater has licence suspended
Publish date: 09:16AM - 21 January 2024A 19-year-old Nicholls man has had his provisional licence suspended for 90 days following an incident yesterday morning.
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Police seeking witnesses to suspicious apartment fire
Publish date: 12:04PM - 19 January 2024ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and CCTV footage to an apartment fire in O’Connor on Wednesday (17 January 2024).
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Two teenagers charged with several offences by Operation TORIC
Publish date: 09:23AM - 19 January 2024Two youths will face the ACT Children’s Court today charged with various offences following an investigation by officers from ACT Policing’s Operation TORIC.
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Boy to face court over fatal Barton Highway collision
Publish date: 03:08PM - 18 January 2024A 14-year-old boy will face the ACT Children’s Court today (Thursday, 18 January 2024) charged in relation to a fatal collision on the Barton Highway.
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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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