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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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Man charged over suspicious fire in Phillip
Publish date: 04:31PM - 06 September 2018A 37-year-old man has faced the ACT Magistrates Court today charged in relation to a suspicious fire in Phillip.
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Men to face court for trafficking MDMA
Publish date: 03:04PM - 06 September 2018ACT Policing continue to target and disrupt criminal activity within our community.
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Police get distracted driver's attention
Publish date: 02:25PM - 06 September 2018About 4:55pm on Tuesday (4 September 2018), police observed a vehicle travelling on Coulter Drive, Belconnen.
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UPDATE Illegal brothels in Reid shut down
Publish date: 02:55PM - 05 September 2018On Wednesday, 5 September 2018, ACT Policing arrested two Chinese nationals, a 45-year-old woman and a 50-year-old woman, in relation to this incident.
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Young child reunited with family
Publish date: 02:49PM - 05 September 2018UPDATE: The boy has been reunited with his family.
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Driver detected under the influence of drugs twice in one day
Publish date: 10:30AM - 05 September 2018On Monday, 3 September 2018 Police charged and bailed a 47-year-old man to attend the ACT Magistrates Court in relation to five traffic offences including two counts of drug driving.
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Media Advisory: note to journalists
Publish date: 11:00AM - 04 September 2018As part of the 2018-2019 Road Safety Calendar, ACT Policing will target distracted drivers throughout September.
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September road user safety focus: driver distraction
Publish date: 08:45AM - 04 September 2018As part of the 2018-2019 Road Safety Calendar, ACT Policing will target distracted drivers throughout September.
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Police seek witnesses to aggravated robbery in Erindale
Publish date: 04:25PM - 03 September 2018ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an aggravated robbery at the Subway restaurant in Erindale on 31 August 2018.
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Police seek identity of alleged offenders
Publish date: 11:11AM - 03 September 2018ACT Policing is seeking the identity of two men who allegedly committed an aggravated burglary in Dickson on Wednesday, 8 August 2018.
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Media Advisory: note to journalists
Publish date: 07:22AM - 03 September 2018Taskforce Nemesis has extradited a man from Victoria to the ACT and charged him with attempted murder.
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Driver detected speeding, drink driving in school zone
Publish date: 07:35AM - 02 September 2018About 3.45pm Friday, 31 August 2018, ACT Policing Traffic Operations detected a vehicle travelling at 76 kilometres per hour (km/h) in a 40km/h school zone on Hardwick Crescent, Holt.
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Publish date: 06:41PM - 30 August 2018ACT Policing to review the successful search for six-year-old Phoenix Mapham.
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Amber Alert concludes with Phoenix found safe and well
Publish date: 05:52PM - 30 August 2018ACT Policing has located missing six-year-old boy Phoenix Mapham. He was found safe and well in the Carwoola area late this afternoon, Thursday, 30 August 2018.
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