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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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Police seek witnesses and dash-cam footage of fail to stop incident
Publish date: 03:50PM - 16 April 2021ACT Policing is seeking to locate a vehicle and the driver involved in a fail to stop incident in Gungahlin.
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Witnesses sought to aggravated vehicle theft incidents
Publish date: 09:49AM - 15 April 2021ACT Policing is seeking witnesses or information following a number of aggravated vehicle thefts that have occurred in the Belconnen area recently.
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Witnesses sought to dangerous driving on Barry Drive and Belconnen Way
Publish date: 10:07AM - 09 April 2021ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and dash cam footage of a dangerous driving incident that occurred on Wednesday morning (7 April 2021).
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Provisional driver charged with culpable driving following fatal collision
Publish date: 01:35PM - 08 April 2021A 19-year-old man will face the ACT Magistrates Court on serious driving offences following a fatal collision in October 2020.
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Sexual assault reports at a low
Publish date: 09:08AM - 07 April 2021ACT Policing’s latest quarterly crime statistics show the number of sexual assaults reported to police was the lowest reported for a quarter since 2018.
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Mixed news from ACT roads for Easter
Publish date: 01:27PM - 06 April 2021ACT Policing is pleased no-one died on the Territory’s roads during the Easter weekend but too many drivers still took unnecessary risks.
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Man to face court on assault charge
Publish date: 10:38AM - 06 April 2021A 23-year-old man will face the ACT Magistrates Court today (Tuesday 6 April 2021) for weapons and assault charges.
MORE Man to face court on property related offences
Publish date: 08:02AM - 04 April 2021A 36-year-old Kambah man will face the ACT Magistrates Court next month on a number of property related charges.
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Police seize hundreds of cannabis plants in Dunlop
Publish date: 04:34PM - 01 April 2021ACT Policing has seized hundreds of cannabis plants following a search warrant at a home in Dunlop today (Thursday 1 April 2021).
MORE Man charged with manslaughter following Monaro Highway collision
Publish date: 11:02AM - 01 April 2021A 28-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter and other offences following a two car collision on the Monaro Highway last month.
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Third person to face court after Spence shooting
Publish date: 09:51AM - 01 April 2021A 22-year-old man was arrested yesterday (Wednesday 31 March 2021) as part of an ongoing investigation into a shooting at a Spence residence last month.
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Travel safe this Easter long weekend
Publish date: 02:33PM - 31 March 2021A joint ACT Policing and the NSW Police Force operation will target road safety on the Kings Highway this Easter long weekend.
MORE UPDATE: Police seek to identify men linked to Civic assault
Publish date: 12:02PM - 31 March 2021UPDATE: ACT Policing has now identified the two men and they are assisting police with the investigation.
Police would like to thank the community for their assistance.
MORE Witnesses sought to incident of menacing driving
Publish date: 10:36AM - 31 March 2021ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an incident of menacing driving across a number of Canberra suburbs on Saturday 20 March 2021.
MORE Man charged after selling drugs to a minor
Publish date: 03:25PM - 30 March 2021A 66-year-old Holt man was charged with drug offences yesterday after allegedly selling cannabis to a 13-year-old.
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