Media releases
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 public assistance in locating missing person Emma Saunders
Publish date: 12:55PM - 13 November 2017ACT Policing is seeking the public’s assistance to locate missing person Emma Saunders.
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Police locate body in Murrumbidgee River
Publish date: 09:26AM - 12 November 2017ACT Policing is currently investigating the circumstances surrounding a body found in the Murrumbidgee River at Stromlo yesterday (Saturday 11 November 2017).
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Police seeking witnesses to incident in Wanniassa
Publish date: 08:52AM - 11 November 2017ACT Policing are seeking witnesses to an incident that occurred in the rear car park of the Erindale Shopping Centre yesterday (Friday 10 November 2017).
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Police seek dash-cam footage or witnesses to road rage incident
Publish date: 08:07AM - 11 November 2017ACT Policing is seeking dash-cam footage or witnesses to a road rage incident on the Monaro Highway, which occurred yesterday (Thursday 9 November 2017).
MORE Police request assistance from the public following incident in Chapman
Publish date: 11:58AM - 10 November 2017About 7.45am today, (Friday, 10 November 2017) police responded to an incident involving a male on a Transport Canberra bus in Chapman.
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Occupation of Lobby Restaurant
Publish date: 03:07PM - 09 November 2017On Sunday, 5 November 2017, ACT Policing were advised approximately 5 persons were occupying a building which previously housed the Lobby Restaurant.
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Police seek public assistance to a suspicious fire
Publish date: 10:04AM - 09 November 2017ACT Policing are investigating a suspicious fire which occurred on Monday, 16 October 2017, at Gorman House on Ainslie Avenue in Braddon.
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Theft of ACT Ambulance Service First Aid/Drug Kit
Publish date: 09:42PM - 07 November 2017ACT Policing is seeking to alert the public to a burglary that occurred in the early hours of this morning (Tuesday, 7 November
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Man to face court for possessing firearm
Publish date: 11:38AM - 06 November 2017ACT Policing has arrested a 25-year-old Wanniassa man for possessing a firearm and ammunition.
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Avoid the Fatal Five, Arrive Alive!
Publish date: 11:27AM - 06 November 2017ACT Policing’s Traffic Operations team will be focusing on the ‘Fatal Five’ for the month of November.
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ACT Policing execute warrants and seize weapons
Publish date: 08:52AM - 02 November 2017On Wednesday, 2 November 2017, detectives from ACT Policing’s Criminal Investigations executed three warrants on residences linked to an Outlaw Motorcycle Gang.
MORE Police seek public assistance to recent aggravated robberies
Publish date: 05:57PM - 01 November 2017ACT Policing is seeking the public’s assistance in relation to three aggravated robberies in Canberra in recent months.
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Media Advisory: note to journalists - Critical Incident Waramanga
Publish date: 09:32AM - 01 November 2017At approximately 11:30am yesterday (Tuesday, 31 October 2017), ACT Policing responded to a critical incident in Waramanga.
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Publish date: 06:26PM - 31 October 2017At approximately 11:30am today (Tuesday, 31 October 2017), ACT Policing responded to a critical incident in Waramanga.
MORE Man and woman to face court for multiple offences
Publish date: 08:54AM - 31 October 2017A 32-year-old Chisholm man and 40-year-old Chisholm woman will face the ACT Magistrates Court this morning (Tuesday, 31 October), for trafficking and possession of drugs and stolen property.
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