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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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Gilmore man caught drink driving twice in the same morning
Publish date: 09:10AM - 24 October 2021A 25-year-old unlicenced Gilmore man has been charged with multiple offences following him being detected drink driving twice in the same morning.
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UPDATE Have you seen Oliver LOCATED
Publish date: 05:19PM - 23 October 2021Thankyou Canberra. The missing teenager we posted about yesterday has been found safe and well.
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Busy 24 hours for ACT Policing
Publish date: 10:09AM - 22 October 2021Three people will face court today (Friday, 22 October 2021) for driving and property offences after they were arrested by ACT Policing.
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Man to face court on multiple sexual assault charges
Publish date: 09:20AM - 22 October 2021ACT Policing has arrested a 32-year-old man, who will face two charges of sexual intercourse without consent for alleged separate incidents in February 2020 and last Friday, 15 October 2021.
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Three people to be extradited to New South Wales
Publish date: 03:05PM - 21 October 2021Three people are in custody after ACT Policing executed warrants for their arrest in Yarralumla today.
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Man charged with driving at police in stolen car while disqualified
Publish date: 10:20AM - 20 October 2021UPDATED:: An 18-year-old man will face the ACT Magistrates Court today for allegedly driving a stolen car, while disqualified, at an ACT Policing vehicle in Turner yesterday (Tuesday, 19 October 2021).
MORE UPDATE Have you seen Robert? LOCATED
Publish date: 11:14AM - 19 October 2021Thank you Canberra, Robert has been located safe and well.
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Police investigating Symonston aggravated burglary
Publish date: 07:54AM - 16 October 2021ACT Policing is appealing to the public for information after an aggravated burglary in Symonston, ACT, this week.
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Police thank ADF for supporting border operations
Publish date: 10:31AM - 15 October 2021Joint operations with ACT Road Policing and Australian Defence Force (ADF) on the ACT borders came to an end yesterday.
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Man to face culpable driving charges following fatal collision on Barton Highway
Publish date: 01:02PM - 14 October 2021A 27-year-old has been summonsed to face culpable driving and drug driving charges following a fatal collision last month.
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Witnesses sought to Weston assault
Publish date: 01:20PM - 13 October 2021ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an assault in Weston on Thursday afternoon (7 October 2021).
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Provisional driver caught without plates at 90 over the limit
Publish date: 09:00AM - 13 October 2021A 21-year-old Moncrieff man will be fined a total of $2,386 after he was detected driving with no P-plates displayed at 170km/h on the Majura Parkway on Thursday (7 October 2021).
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Police focus on supporting Canberrans to stay well as lockdown ends
Publish date: 04:51PM - 12 October 2021ACT Policing is focusing its efforts towards supporting Canberrans to stay well as health orders change.
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Police warn delivery drivers to be vigilant
Publish date: 11:11AM - 12 October 2021ACT Policing is releasing CCTV footage from a delivery van theft, one of four similar incidents in the past month.
MORE Man to face additional sexual assault charges
Publish date: 09:07AM - 12 October 2021A 20-year-old Acton man will face charges following an alleged sexual assault in May 2021.
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