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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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Update - Police investigating suspicious death in Rivett
Publish date: 02:17PM - 22 December 2017ACT Policing continues to investigate the suspicious death of a male in Rivett on Sunday, 17 December 2017.
MORE Travel safely on the Kings Highway this summer
Publish date: 08:42AM - 22 December 2017ACT Policing and the Kings Highway Road Safety Partnership are urging the public to drive safely on the Kings Highway this summer.
MORE Police seek witnesses to collision in Conder overnight
Publish date: 10:09AM - 21 December 2017ACT Policing are seeking witnesses to a collision that occurred in Conder overnight.
MORE Operation Tribulation drug arrest - Man to face court on drug trafficking charges
Publish date: 09:57AM - 21 December 2017A 34-year-old Canberra City man will face the ACT Magistrates Court this morning (Thursday, 21 December 2017), in relation to drug trafficking.
MORE Man to face court for act to cause public alarm
Publish date: 08:48AM - 21 December 2017A 43-year-old man will face the ACT Magistrate’s Court this morning following an incident on Anzac Parade, Parkes yesterday.
MORE Journalist Advisory: Operation Tribulation Drug Arrest – Man to face court on drug trafficking charges
Publish date: 07:58PM - 20 December 2017A 34-year-old Canberra City man will face the ACT Magistrates Court tomorrow (Thursday, 21 December 2017), in relation to drug
MORE Offenders to face court for AMC assaults
Publish date: 04:13PM - 20 December 2017ACT Policing’s Taskforce Nemesis have summonsed five alleged offenders for the assault on two inmates at the Alexander Maconochie Centre (AMC) in August this year.
MORE Double demerits over the festive season
Publish date: 12:09PM - 20 December 2017ACT Policing is reminding motorists that double demerits will be in place this festive season from the first instance of Friday 22 December 2017 to the last instance of Monday 1 January 2018.
MORE Update - Police seeking witnesses to act of indecency
Publish date: 09:49AM - 20 December 2017UPDATE: Police release face fit of alleged male offender.
ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an act of indecency that occurred in Lyneham yesterday (15 December 2017).
MORE Media Advisory: note to journalists - Double Demerit Points – Festive Season
Publish date: 08:49AM - 20 December 2017Double demerit points will be in place from the first instance on Friday, 22 December 2017 until the last instance on Monday, 1 January 2018.
A representative from ACT Policing’s Traffic Operations will address media this morning to provide further details.
MORE Three men rescued after being stranded overnight
Publish date: 03:57PM - 19 December 2017ACT Policing is reminding the public to be prepared after three men went missing while rafting on the Murrumbidgee River at Angle Crossing, Tharwa on Sunday (17 December) evening.
MORE Make home security a priority this summer
Publish date: 01:48PM - 19 December 2017ACT Policing and CrimeStoppers are reminding the community to think about their home security ahead of the summer season.
MORE Media Advisory: note to journalists - Make home security a priority this summer
Publish date: 12:23PM - 19 December 2017ACT Policing and CrimeStoppers are reminding the community to think about their home security ahead of the summer season.
MORE Police seek witnesses to disturbance on East Row
Publish date: 10:00AM - 18 December 2017Approximately 5.15am on Sunday (17 December 2017) police were called to disturbance on East Row in the city.
MORE UPDATE: Police seek public assistance to locate missing person James Thornton
Publish date: 04:52PM - 17 December 2017UPDATE: ACT Policing has located the body of missing person James Thornton. There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death. Please respect the family and their privacy during this time.
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